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topics, techniques, new developments, new insights and people to make small steps and hopefully sometimes even leaps forward. Our description of the use of PSMA PET/CT for the head and neck region and the tubarial glands as a possible new organ at risk in radiotherapy can be regarded as a beginning. It is a first step, exploring a new perspective. Many aspects of the use of the scans and the interpretation of the gland tissue and its role in treatment of cancer and role in other (such as auto-immune) diseases have to be clarified. Preferably, our findings regarding the relevance in head and neck radiotherapy are validated in a separate cohort. Also, further characterization of the gland tissue and its excreted fluid is expected to provide further insight in their interpretation as glands. Looking beyond PSMA, it would not be surprising if new molecular tracers would provide new insights regarding our understanding of tissues and diseases in the near future.
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