The Utility of FDG-PET for Radiation Treatment in NSCLC

AHS Cancer Control Alberta

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lung Neoplasms; Positron Emission Tomography

Treatments: Procedure: PET/CT scan for RT planning

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00385164

E-20328

20328

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients planned for radical radiation for NSCLC will undergo conventional CT stimulation and also PET/CT scans for definition of radiation target volumes

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-small cell lung cancer to receive radical radiation

Exclusion criteria

• unable to tolerate PET/CT scan