Progress in radiation oncology requires a re-evaluation of the methods of target volume delineation beyond anatomical localization. New molecular imaging techniques for tumour visualisation such as positron emission tomography (PET) provide insight into tumour characteristics and can be complementary to the anatomical data of computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. In this review, three issues are discussed: First, can PET identify a tumour more accurately? Second, can biological tumour characteristics be visualised? Third, can intratumoural heterogeneity of these characteristics be identified?

Author

D A X Schinagl, J H A M Kaanders and W J G Oyen

Contact Details

Corresponding address:
D A X Schinagl, MD,
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
Department of Radiation Oncology,
PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen,
The Netherlands

Reference

ICIS Cancer Imaging Volume 6 Special Issue A
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.9017

Date Posted

31 October 2006

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