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PET/CT for radiotherapy planning of head-‐neck cancer

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Non-­‐homogeneous <strong>PET</strong><br />

<strong>PET</strong> oIen does not represent the tumor as a whole, and will not<br />

replace <strong>CT</strong>, MR, or other means to find tumor volume and borders<br />

<strong>PET</strong> can be used to idenAfy a biological subvolume<br />

Defining Radiotherapy Target Volumes Using (18)F-­‐Fluoro-­‐Deoxy-­‐Glucose Positron<br />

Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: S3ll a Pandora's Box?<br />

Devic S et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jun 18.<br />

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