Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 441-446 , December 2009

GTV spatial conformity between different delineation methods by 18FDG PET/CT and pathology in esophageal cancer

  • Wen Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Xiao-Long Fu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, 270 Dong An Road, Xu Hui District, Shangahi 200032, China.
    • ,
  • Ying-Jian Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Jia-Qing Xiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Lei Shen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Guo-Liang Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Joe Y. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Received 1 March 2009 ,Revised 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 6 July 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(09)00365-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.003

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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