The potential advantages of 18FDG PET/CT-based target volume delineation in radiotherapy planning of head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-193

  Moule, Russell N ^a,b   Kayani, Irfan ^a   Moinuddin, Syed A ^a   Meer, Khalda ^a   Lemon, Catherine ^b   Goodchild, Kathleen ^b   Saunders, Michele I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18FDG; Functional volume; Squamous cell cancer; Target volume

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77956186870     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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