FDG and FMISO PET-guided dose escalation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in lung cancer

Abstract Background Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy is the reference treatment for non-resectable locally-advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Increasing radiotherapy total dose in the whole tumour volume has been shown to be deleterious. Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (...

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Published in:	Radiation Oncology
Main Authors:	Sébastien Thureau, Bernard Dubray, Romain Modzelewski, Pierre Bohn, Sébastien Hapdey, Sabine Vincent, Elodie Anger, David Gensanne, Nicolas Pirault, Gouel Pierrick, Pierre Vera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-10-01
Subjects:	Positron emission tomography 18fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose 18fluoro-misonidasole Lung cancer Hypoxia Radiotherapy
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1147-2