Clinical evidence on PET–CT for radiation therapy planning in head and neck tumours

The potential benefits of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for the management of head and neck tumours are increasingly being recognized. Integrated PET–CT has found its way into the practice of radiation oncology providing both functional and anatomical tumour information for treatment planning and the implications for clinical practice are currently being investigated. First, it has been demonstrated that 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose...