Open AccessRadiotherapy Planning and Molecular Imaging in Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Angelina Filice,
Massimiliano Casali,
Patrizia Ciammella,
M. Galaverni,
Federica Fioroni,
Cinzia Iotti,
Annibale Versari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current radiopharmaceuticals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1874-4729
pISSN - 1874-4710
DOI - 10.2174/1874471013666200318144154
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , lung cancer , radiation treatment planning , chemoradiotherapy , medical physics , cancer , radiology , oncology
In patients suitable for radical chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer, 18F-FDGPET/ CT is a proposed management to improve the accuracy of high dose radiotherapy. However, there is a high rate of locoregional failure in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), probably due to the fact that standard dosing may not be effective in all patients. The aim of the present review was to address some criticisms associated with the radiotherapy image-guided in NSCLC.