Radiation therapy (RT) has a prominent role in the treatment of locally advanced head and
neck cancer. Image and biologically guided intensity modulated RT are becoming …

The potential benefits of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for the management
of head and neck tumours are increasingly being recognized. Integrated PET–CT has found …

The combination of functional imaging with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron
emission tomography (PET) and anatomic imaging with computed tomography (CT) has …

Advances in the eld of radiation oncology in the last decade resulted in an increasing
number of opportunities to optimize therapy. Increased accuracy to deliver the dose to …

PET-computed tomography (CT) plays a growing role to guide target volume delineation for
head and neck cancer in radiation oncology. Pretherapeutic [18 F] FDG PET-CT adds …

Precision medicine is gaining importance in this era of molecular imaging where the
molecular features of a disease can be noninvasively assessed and treated with …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the methods used for the incorporation of FDG-PET-CT on
radiotherapy planning of patients with head and neck cancer and also to evaluate the impact …

Modern radiotherapy techniques heavily rely on high-quality medical imaging. PET provides
biologic information about the tumor, complementary to anatomic imaging. Integrated …

Radiation therapy (RT) is integral in the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNSCC), with
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and other techniques allowing for more accurate …