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

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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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
Series:Radiation Oncology
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

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