title: Diagnostic imaging aids to head and neck radiation oncology.
abstract: Tumors of the head and neck are primary sites for radiation treatment. In combination with surgery, the role of radiation is further expanded; however, localization of the primary tumor and its metastases, actual or potential, and the relationship to critical structures are quintessential to the application of radiation. In this process, the information made available by appropriate imaging studies as interpreted by the diagnostic radiologist is a requirement for cancer management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tamler
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kligerman
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed