Molecular imaging allows individualised 'dose painting' for head and neck cancers
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 08:40
in Health & Medicine
According to research revealed at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting, a multi-tracer molecular imaging technique using positron emission tomography (PET) provides detailed information about the physiological processes of cancerous tumours - and could one day help radiation oncologists treat head and neck cancers with precision external-beam radiation therapy and improve the outcomes of therapy...