[Role of functional imaging in the definition of target volumes for lung cancer radiotherapy].

[Role of functional imaging in the definition of target volumes for lung cancer radiotherapy].
Cancer Radiother. 2016 Sep 7;
Authors: Thureau S, Hapdey S, Vera P
Abstract
Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) is interesting to optimize lung radiotherapy planning, and probably to deliver a heterogeneous dose or adapt the radiation dose during treatment. Only fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-computed tomography (CT) is validated for staging lung cancer and planning radiotherapy. The optimal segmentation methods remain to be defined as well as the interest of "dose painting" from pre-treatment PET (metabolism: FDG) or hypoxia (fluoromisonidazole: FMISO) and the interest of replanning based on pertherapeutic PET.
PMID: 27614514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - September 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Thureau S, Hapdey S, Vera P Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research