PET imaging before radiation not ideal for determining boost radiation doses
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 08:28
in Health & Medicine
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according to research presented by investigators at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting...
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