Editorial

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology (IJMPO) is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal under the aegis of Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology (ISMPO) catering to and disseminating knowledge on all aspects of oncology among the medical fraternity with Dr. Padmaj Kulkarni being the Editor-in-Chief. The idea of having an exclusive edition dedicated to imaging guidelines in oncology was conceived by Dr. Abhishek Mahajan, Consultant Radiologist at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, and ex-Consultant Radiologist at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, having more than 15 years of experience in oncoimaging, with the aim of providing a comprehensive one-stop reference guide to the clinicians and radiologists alike on practical aspects of site-specific imaging in oncology. Dr. Padmaj Kulkarni, Editor-in-Chief of IJMPO, Dr. Abhishek Mahajan, Editor of this special edition on imaging guidelines in oncology, along with the associate editors Dr. Nivedita Chakrabarty and Dr. Jinita Majithia, have brought forth two issues pertaining to imaging guidelines in oncology authored by radiologists and clinicians having expertise in their respective domain across the country.

Each site-specific article in this edition has been structured to include risk factors and etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, imaging guidelines, and consensus statements issued by international and national organizations responsible for policy making on screening, diagnosis (including interventions), staging, management, and follow-up of cancer, and a summary of recommendations at the end for ease of reference. Such a comprehensive article is aimed to keep the clinicians and radiologists updated on the current cancer imaging guidelines and management and also to address the lacunae in knowledge between cancer institutes and general hospitals by disseminating awareness among the entire medical fraternity. In addition, synoptic reporting templates have been provided at the end of each of the articles to bring about uniformity and quality in radiology reports pertaining to oncology. Each article has been double-blind peer-reviewed predominantly by the clinicians so that the radiologists and clinicians can speak a common language in terms of content.

Such a mammoth task would not have been accomplished without the relentless efforts by the esteemed authors and the untiring efforts of the entire editorial team to bring forth impactful and utilitarian content.

Publication History

Article published online:
06 March 2023