Table 1.
Response to treatment graded by Morphology, Attenuation, Size, and Structure (MASS) criteria*.
Response category | MASS criteria description |
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Favorable response | No new lesions and either of the following: (1) decrease in tumor size ≥20%; (2) ≥1 predominantly solid enhancing lesion with marked central necrosis or marked decreased attenuation |
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Indeterminate response | Does not fit criteria for favorable or unfavorable response |
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Unfavorable response | Either of the following: (1) increase in tumor size ≥20% without marked central necrosis or marked decreased attenuation; (2) new metastases, marked central fill-in, or new enhancement of a previously homogeneously hypoattenuating, nonenhancing mass |
*Described by Smith et al. [23].