PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning for Head and Neck Cancer

The use of PET/CT as an adjunct in radiotherapy planning is an attractive option in head and neck cancer (HNC) for several reasons. First, with potentially better identification of the disease extent i.e. staging, the risk of geographical miss of radiation delivery to the gross tumour volume (GTV) i...

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Main Authors: Katie eNewbold, Ceri ePowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00189/full