Molecular Imaging Allows Individualized ‘Dose Painting’ for Head and Neck Cancers, University of Washington Study

ScienceDaily (June 14, 2010) — According to research revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 57th Annual Meeting, a multi-tracer molecular imaging technique using positron emission tomography (PET) provides detailed information about the physiological processes of cancerous tumors -- and could one day help radiation oncologists treat head and neck cancers with precision external-beam radiation therapy and improve the outcomes of therapy.

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