The treatment of head and neck cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach, and positron emission tomography/CT is a rapidly evolving technique that is profoundly altering the staging, radiation treatment planning and clinical management decisions for this disease. Franket al. discuss the use of PET/CT for staging and detecting both primary or recurrent head and neck cancer and its applications in radiotherapy treatment planning.
- Steven J Frank
- KS Clifford Chao
- Homer A Macapinlac