Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4248990 | Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The incorporation of PET-CT in routine radiotherapy planning is a promising technique that requires close collaboration between the nuclear medicine and radiotherapy oncology departments. PET-CT achieves better staging in patients and has a significant diagnostic and therapeutic impact. The use of the hybrid technique avoids problems arising from co-registry as well as a second examination for planning with the consequent advantage for the patient. Nonetheless, more prospective and randomized studies with pathology specimens are needed to evaluate the real impact in the tumor volume definition.
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M.E. Bellón Guardia, L. Pérez Romasanta, A.M. GarcÃa Vicente, M.P. Talavera Rubio, A. Palomar Muñoz, B. González GarcÃa, V.M. Poblete GarcÃa, A. Soriano Castrejón,