Positron emission tomography for target volume definition in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lavrenkov, Konstantin ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a   Cook, Gary ^a   Brada, Michael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Non small cell lung cancer; Positron emission tomography; Radiotherapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 3 (2 NITRO 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 2 PROPANOL F 18; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUORODEOXYTHYMIDINE F 18; METHYLTHIOSEMICARBAZONE CU 60; OXYGEN 15; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RUBIDIUM 82; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATELECTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 27144488327     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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