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Biology-Guided Radiation Therapy: An Evolving Treatment Paradigm
Colton Ladbury1, Nicholas Eustace1, Arya Amini1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Abstract:
Biology-guided radiation therapy is an emerging field whereby delivery of external beam radiotherapy incorporates biological/molecular imaging to inform radiation treatment. At present, there is evidence for the use of functional imaging such as PET to evaluate treatment response in patients both during and after radiation treatment as well as to provide a method of adapting or selecting patient-specific treatments. Examples in thoracic, gastrointestinal, and hematologic malignancies are provided. Improvements in PET metrics, thresholds, and novel radiotracers will further move this novel field forward.
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