PET in planning and evaluation of effectiveness of radiation therapy in lung cancer (state of the problem)
The article gives the review of the published data that characterize the state of the problem of PET use in planning and evaluation of the effectiveness of radiotherapy. On the baseof the comparative analysis, the possibilities of different methods of planning of radiation therapy are described; advantages and disadvantages of each of them are revealed. The authors justified the innovativeness of use of metabolic images obtained by PET/CT scan for determination of the true scope of irradiation, tumor metabolic imaging, treatment monitoring, and the optimal format of planning of radiation therapy. The aspects of use of PET images for planning of radiation therapy in lung cancer patients are discussed in particular.