Photoacoustic imaging for monitoring radiotherapy treatment response in head and neck tumors

Head and neck (HN) tumors are responsible for approximately 4% of annual new cancer cases worldwide. Besides surgery, radiochemotherapy, particularly fractionated radiotherapy (RT), is the gold-standard treatment modality for these cancers. However, there is currently no reliable early measure of su...

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Hauptverfasser: Holzwarth, Niklas (VerfasserIn) , Rachel, Zoë Elisa (VerfasserIn) , Nölke, Jan-Hinrich (VerfasserIn) , Schellenberg, Melanie (VerfasserIn) , Bauer, Lukas (VerfasserIn) , Schreck, Nicholas (VerfasserIn) , Bender, Christoph J. (VerfasserIn) , Dreher, Kris (VerfasserIn) , Regnery, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Kozyra, Katharina (VerfasserIn) , Wiesenfarth, Manuel (VerfasserIn) , Kopp-Schneider, Annette (VerfasserIn) , Debus, Jürgen (VerfasserIn) , Seitel, Alexander (VerfasserIn) , Adeberg, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Maier-Hein, Lena (VerfasserIn) , Held, Thomas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 10 May 2025
In: Scientific reports
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 15, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-95137-0
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95137-0
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Verfasserangaben:Niklas Holzwarth, Zoe Rachel, Jan-Hinrich Nölke, Melanie Schellenberg, Lukas Bauer, Nicholas Schreck, Christoph J. Bender, Kris K. Dreher, Sebastian Regnery, Katharina Weusthof, Manuel Wiesenfarth, Annette Kopp-Schneider, Jürgen Debus, Alexander Seitel, Sebastian Adeberg, Lena Maier-Hein, and Thomas Held

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