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Combining PET and CT scans makes cancer treatment more accurate

ng, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. "In addition, these patients may experience fewer side effects as the PET/CT-based target definition decreases the likelihood of including adjacent tissues that do not contain microscopic tumor cells in the high dose treatment volume. We're hoping that this study will encourage our colleagues to consider PET/CT fusion with IMRT for both initial staging and treatment planning for head and neck cancer patients."


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American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
1-May-2006


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