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Integration of PET-imaging into radiotherapy treatment planning for low-grade meningiomas improves outcome.

Kerstin Anne KesselWolfgang WeberIgor YakushevHanna FischerTheresa VoglhuberChristian DiehlChristoph StraubeClaus ZimmerBenedikt WiestlerJens GemptBernhard MeyerStephanie E Combs
Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)
For low-grade meningiomas, we showed that the addition of PET-imaging for target volume definition led to a significantly enhanced LC. Thus, PET improves the detection of tumor cells and helps distinguish between healthy tissue and meningioma tissue, especially during the treatment planning process.
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