Precision Radiotherapy:18F-FDG PET-based radiotherapy planning in Head and Neck cancers
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F-18 FDG PET-CT fusion in radiotherapy treatment planning for head and neck cancer.
BACKGROUND The fusion of fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) with CT scans has been shown to improve diagnostic accuracy and staging in non-small cell lung cancer. We report on the influence of PET-CT fusion on the management of patients with head and neck cancer. METHODS Thirty-six patients with intact primary head and neck cancers treated with radiation therapy (...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1450-1147
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_91_19