Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy. 2018

Michael MacManus, and Sarah Everitt
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia; The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. Electronic address: michael.macmanus@petermac.org.

PET scanning plays key roles in planning the management of patients with lung cancer who are candidates for curative-intent treatment with radiotherapy and has contributed to improvements in survival. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET is the most important modality for staging, patient selection, and radiotherapy target volume definition in patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Developments include the availability of alternative tracers, such as 18F-fluorothymidine, for imaging proliferation and a range of hypoxia imaging agents. The role of response-adapted therapy, based on interim PET scans performed during the treatment course, is being explored as a way of improving local disease control.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D011880 Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy. Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer-Assisted,Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy,Calculation, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Calculations, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Computer Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculation,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculations,Dosimetry Calculation, Computer-Assisted,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer Assisted,Planning, Computer Assisted Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072078 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography An imaging technique that combines a POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) scanner and a CT X RAY scanner. This establishes a precise anatomic localization in the same session. CT PET,CT PET Scan,PET CT Scan,PET-CT,PET-CT Scan,Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography,CT PET Scans,CT Scan, PET,CT Scans, PET,PET CT Scans,PET Scan, CT,PET Scans, CT,PET-CT Scans,Scan, CT PET,Scan, PET CT,Scan, PET-CT,Scans, CT PET,Scans, PET CT,Scans, PET-CT
D049268 Positron-Emission Tomography An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower. PET Imaging,PET Scan,Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging,Tomography, Positron-Emission,Imaging, PET,Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography,PET Imagings,PET Scans,Positron Emission Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography Imaging,Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings,Scan, PET,Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission,Tomography, Positron Emission
D019275 Radiopharmaceuticals Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161) Radiopharmaceutical
D019788 Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 The compound is given by intravenous injection to do POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY for the assessment of cerebral and myocardial glucose metabolism in various physiological or pathological states including stroke and myocardial ischemia. It is also employed for the detection of malignant tumors including those of the brain, liver, and thyroid gland. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1162) 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose,18FDG,2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose,2-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose,Fludeoxyglucose F 18,18F-FDG,Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorodeoxyglucose F 18,2 Fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose,2 Fluoro 2 deoxyglucose,F 18, Fludeoxyglucose,F 18, Fluorodeoxyglucose,F18, Fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose,Fluorodeoxyglucose, 18F

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