title: Use of prechemotherapy positron emission tomography-CT imaging, acquired in the treatment position, to help plan involved nodal radiotherapy for a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
abstract: Fused positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) images are increasingly being used to assist radiation oncologists in the definition of treatment volumes for patients with metabolically active tumours. This is the first report in which baseline fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-CT images were acquired in the treatment position in a case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and incorporated directly into the radiotherapy treatment planning process. It highlights the potential benefits of using combined 3-D functional and structural imaging for the design of radiation target volumes in patients with aggressive lymphomas that are managed with combined chemo and radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. steven.david@petermac.org
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Heather S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: MacManus
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18