FDG-PET/CT Imaging for Staging and Target Volume Delineation in Preoperative Conformal Radiotherapy of Rectal Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1423-1426

  Bassi, Maria Chiara ^a   Turri, Lucia ^a   Sacchetti, Gianmauro ^a   Loi, Gianfranco ^b   Cannillo, Barbara ^b   La Mattina, Pierdaniele ^a   Brambilla, Marco ^b   Inglese, Eugenio ^a   Krengli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Staging; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

RECTAL CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40949110505     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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