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

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Does the tumor respond to treatment?<br />

Stage III NSCLC<br />

! <strong>PET</strong>/<strong>CT</strong> 2 weeks afer CRT<br />

<strong>PET</strong> CR<br />

! Good prognosis<br />

! Succesful resec3on defines outcome<br />

<strong>PET</strong> PD<br />

! Poor prognosis<br />

! Resec3on no longer defines outcome<br />

18F-­‐FDG <strong>PET</strong> <strong>for</strong> assessment <strong>of</strong> therapy response and<br />

preopera3ve re-­‐evalua3on afer neoadjuvant radio-­‐<br />

chemotherapy in stage III non-­‐small cell lung <strong>cancer</strong>.<br />

Eschmann SM, EJNMMI 2007 Apr;34(4):463-­‐71.<br />

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