The Role of CT-PET-MRI Image Fusion in Determining Radiation Treatment Volumes of Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients

Radboud University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Neoplasms

Treatments: Procedure: PET-scan, MRI-scan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184860

2004/153

Details and patient eligibility

About

Technical developments in radiation oncology are making it possible to deliver a prescribed radiation dose to radiation target volume with increasing accuracy.

Therefore it is becoming even more relevant to accurately define the radiation target volumes.

The current standard in defining radiation target volumes in patients with head-and-neck cancer is to combine physical examination data with a CT-scan in the treatment position.

The goal of this investigation is to analyse the rol of CT-PET-MRI image fusion in defining radiation target volumes.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients eligible for definitive radiotherapy with a Head and Neck Neoplasm (squamous cell carcinoma) in one of the following anatomical sites:

• oral cavity
• oropharynx
• hypopharynx
• larynx

Exclusion criteria

• age < 18 years
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)