PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting.
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