A Randomized Pilot Trial Comparing Position Emission Tomography (PET)-Guided Dose Escalation Radiotherapy to Conventional Radiotherapy in Chemoradiotherapy Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Jianshe Wang; Junnian Zheng; Tianyou Tang; Feng Zhu; Yuanhu Yao; Jing Xu; Andrew Z. Wang; Longzhen Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124018

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A Randomized Pilot Trial Comparing Position Emission Tomography (PET)-Guided Dose Escalation Radiotherapy to Conventional Radiotherapy in Chemoradiotherapy Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Jianshe Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianshe Wang, Junnian Zheng

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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Junnian Zheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianshe Wang, Junnian Zheng

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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Tianyou Tang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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Feng Zhu,

Affiliation PET-CT Center Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Yuanhu Yao,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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Jing Xu,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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Andrew Z. Wang,

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Longzhen Zhang

* E-mail: jsxzzlz@126.com

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College; Cancer Institute of Xuzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China
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A Randomized Pilot Trial Comparing Position Emission Tomography (PET)-Guided Dose Escalation Radiotherapy to Conventional Radiotherapy in Chemoradiotherapy Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Jianshe Wang,
Junnian Zheng,
Tianyou Tang,
Feng Zhu,
Yuanhu Yao,
Jing Xu,
Andrew Z. Wang,
Longzhen Zhang

Published: April 27, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124018

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