Comparison of FDG-PET/CT and CT for Delineation of Lumpectomy Cavity for Partial Breast Irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 595-602

  Ford, Eric C ^a   Lavely, William C ^b   Frassica, Deborah A ^a   Myers, Lee T ^a   Asrari, Fariba ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^b   Zellars, Richard C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; FDG PET; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Lumpectomy; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; LUMPECTOMY; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 43049165788     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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