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The Role of FDG PET in Radiation Treatment Planning for Head and Neck Cancers
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT00230269
Purpose
In patients with cancer of the head and neck and rectum, knowing the exact location of the
tumor is important for designing the radiation field to ensure delivery of high dose of
radiation to the tumor while sparing surrounding normal tissues. A new medical imaging method
which is a combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT)
scan, has shown promise in helping the radiation oncologist in defining the exact location
and extent of the tumor in certain cancers such as lung cancers. Therefore the purpose of
this study is to determine if these imaging methods can be used in combination with the
standard radiation treatment planning procedure to improve the accuracy to targeting your
tumor with radiation. In addition the PET-CT scan, similar to the PET scan alone with better
resolution, can be used to determine whether the tumor has spread to any part of the body
outside of the head and neck sites.
Official Title
The Role of FDG PET in Radiation Treatment Planning for Head and Neck Cancers
Stanford Investigator(s)
Quynh-Thu Le, MD
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Billy W Loo, Jr, MD PhD FASTRO FACR
Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:Patients who are scheduled to receive radiation therapy for head and
neck cancer at Stanford.
Exclusion Criteria:Non-Stanford patients.
Intervention(s):
procedure: PET-CT
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Quynh-Thu Le
6504986184