Increased therapeutic ratio by ¹⁸FDG-PET CT planning in patients with clinical CT stage N2-N3M0 non–small-cell lung cancer: A modeling study

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• 作者：van Der Wel ; Antoinet ; Nijsten ; Sebastiaan ; Hochstenbag ; Monique ; Lamers ; Rob ; Boersma ; Liesbeth ; et. al.
• 关键词：Lung cancer ; Radiotherapy planning ; PET scan ; Toxicity
• 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：March 1, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：61
• 期：3
• 页码：649-655
• 全文大小：194 K

文摘

With this modeling study, we wanted to estimate the potential gain from incorporating fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scanning in the radiotherapy treatment planning of CT Stage N2-N3M0 non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.