Changes in Patient Management After PET
| Treatment strategy before PET | Patients (n) | Treatment strategy after PET | Changes after PET | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | ||||
| Curative RT | 179 | No change | 131 | 73 | |
| Volume increased | 8 | 5 | |||
| Volume decreased | 2 | 1 | |||
| Dose increased | 12 | 7 | |||
| Dose decreased | 4 | 2 | |||
| Curative chemotherapy added | 1 | 1 | |||
| Curative surgery instead of RT | 2 | 1 | |||
| No treatment (no tumor and metastases) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Change to palliative RT | 9 | 5 | |||
| Change to palliative chemotherapy | 8 | 5 | |||
| Palliative care only | 4 | 2 | |||
| Palliative RT | 23 | No change | 16 | 70 | |
| Volume increased | 2 | 9 | |||
| Dose increased | 2 | 9 | |||
| Dose decreased | 1 | 4 | |||
| Palliative care only | 3 | 13 | |||
RT = radiation therapy.