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Abdel-Sattar MH, Abdelaziz O, Othman AO, El-Refaei SM. The use of Deauville criteria in follow-up assessment of response to therapy in extra-nodal Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma: End-of-treatment FDG-PET should be maintained. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2017; 44:1254-1257. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-017-3714-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mesguich C, Cazeau AL, Bouabdallah K, Soubeyran P, Guyot M, Milpied N, Bordenave L, Hindié E. Hodgkin lymphoma: a negative interim-PET cannot circumvent the need for end-of-treatment-PET evaluation. Br J Haematol 2016; 175:652-660. [PMID: 27539369 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We examined the outcome of a cohort of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in order to assess if fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) at the end of treatment (end-PET) can be omitted when the interim PET (int-PET) is negative. Seventy-six ABVD(adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine)-treated patients were retrospectively included. No change in treatment was made on the basis of int-PET results. Suspicious foci on end-PET received biopsy confirmation whenever possible. Median follow-up was 58·9 months. Uptake on int-PET higher than liver (scores 4-5) was rated positive according to the Lugano classification, while a positive end-PET corresponded to scores 3, 4 and 5. Fifteen patients had treatment failure. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value and accuracy of int-PET were 46·7%, 85·2%, 43·8%, 86·7% and 77·6%, respectively. For end-PET the figures were: 80%, 93·4%, 75%, 95% and 90·8%. Eight patients with negative int-PET had treatment failure; six of them were identified as non-responders with end-PET. The 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 87% for patients with negative int-PET versus 56% with positive int-PET. The 5-year PFS was 96% with negative end-PET versus 23% with positive end-PET. The prognostic information from int-PET as regards PFS (log-rank test P = 0·0048) was lower than that provided by end-PET (P < 0·0001). Int-PET predicted only half of the failures. When used in clinical routine, a negative int-PET study cannot obviate the need for end-PET examination.
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- Charles Mesguich
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institut Bergonié Cancer Centre, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Haematology, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Department of Haematology, Institut Bergonié Cancer Centre, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Department of Haematology, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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Barrington SF, Mikhaeel NG. PET Scans for Staging and Restaging in Diffuse Large B-Cell and Follicular Lymphomas. Curr Hematol Malig Rep 2016; 11:185-95. [PMID: 27095319 PMCID: PMC4858550 DOI: 10.1007/s11899-016-0318-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Positron emission tomography (PET)-CT was recommended in updated international guidelines for staging/restaging of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL). In FL, PET was previously regarded as a research application only. This review concentrates on new publications related to PET in these diseases. In DLBCL, PET appears appropriate for staging using prognostic indices established with CT and baseline PET parameters, e.g. metabolic tumour volume, are prognostic of outcome. Early complete metabolic response (CMR) predicts end-of-treatment CMR with excellent prognosis. Patients without CMR at interim should not have treatment altered, but have a worse prognosis, and patients with other high risk features may need closer monitoring. The end-of-treatment scan is confirmed as the standard for remission assessment using Deauville criteria, which are also predictive for patients undergoing ASCT. In FL, PET is more sensitive for staging than CT but misses bone marrow involvement. PET-CT identifies patients at risk of progression after induction chemotherapy better than CT.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/chemistry
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Follicular/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Follicular/diagnostic imaging
- Lymphoma, Follicular/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Follicular/mortality
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnostic imaging
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/mortality
- Neoplasm Staging
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Prognosis
- Survival Rate
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- Sally F Barrington
- PET Imaging Centre at St Thomas' Hospital, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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Huntington SF, Nasta SD, Schuster SJ, Doshi JA, Svoboda J. Utility of interim and end-of-treatment [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography in frontline therapy of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 56:2579-84. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1007506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Barrington SF, Mikhaeel NG. When should FDG-PET be used in the modern management of lymphoma? Br J Haematol 2013; 164:315-28. [PMID: 24131306 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that, combined with computerized tomography (PET-CT), is increasingly used in lymphoma. Most subtypes accumulate fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and the increased sensitivity of PET-CT, especially for extranodal disease, compared to CT, makes PET-CT an attractive staging tool. The availability of a staging PET-CT scan also improves the accuracy of subsequent response assessment. 'Interim' PET-CT can be used to assess early response and end-of-treatment PET-CT assesses remission. Clinical trials are currently seeking to establish whether the predictive value of PET-CT can be successfully used to guide individual treatment to reduce toxicity and/or to improve outcomes. Standardized methods for performing and reporting PET have been developed in the context of trials. The role of PET in transplantation selection is currently evolving, as it appears to be more accurate and prognostic than CT. The role of FDG PET-CT throughout the management course in patients with lymphoma is explored in this review, with areas discussed that may limit the use of PET-CT imaging which clinicians should be familiar with to inform practice.
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- Sally Fiona Barrington
- Division of Imaging and Biomechanical Engineering, PET Imaging Centre at St Thomas' Hospital, King's College, London, UK
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Kostakoglu L, Gallamini A. Interim 18F-FDG PET in Hodgkin lymphoma: would PET-adapted clinical trials lead to a paradigm shift? J Nucl Med 2013; 54:1082-93. [PMID: 23818548 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.113.120451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a curable disease with currently available chemotherapy regimens. Major late morbidities can potentially be avoided in most limited-stage HL patients if the treatment can be adapted to the patient's early response profile. The therapy efficacy can also be increased early during therapy in nonresponding HL patients with the addition of involved-field radiation therapy or a switch to an escalated therapy protocol, particularly in advanced-stage or unfavorable-risk patients. (18)F-FDG PET is a well-established surrogate for tumor chemosensitivity early during therapy. The ongoing PET-adaptive clinical trials are testing the hypothesis that a decision can reliably be made on escalating or deescalating therapy based on interim PET results. Discussed in this review is the integral role of interim (18)F-FDG PET in HL, challenges, critical issues to improve its accuracy, and the observations from completed interim PET studies and ongoing PET-adaptive clinical trials.
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- Lale Kostakoglu
- Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA.
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Guignard R, Zwarthoed C, Borra A, Darcourt J, Gallamini A. PET scan integration in lymphoma management. Int J Hematol Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.2217/ijh.13.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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SUMMARY Despite a marked improvement in lymphoma treatment outcome, current prognostic models, relying on a pretreatment set of static clinical variables, appear unable to support a risk-adapted therapeutic strategy. On the other hand, functional imaging with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-PET proved to be a reliable tool to dynamically assess tumor FDG uptake changes during and after treatment. In this article we aim to review the prognostic value of FDG-PET in all the stages of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma management, without the intent to address the diagnostic value of PET or to replace available consensus guidelines. In particular we focused on two critical issues: the cost–effectiveness of PET in the overall strategy of lymphoma diagnosis and treatment; and ongoing clinical trials adopting an interim PET-based strategy to modulate treatment intensity based on PET results. Finally, new trends in multimodality imaging, as well as in new radiopharmaceutical tracers, are briefly reviewed.
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- Renaud Guignard
- Nuclear Medicine Department, 33 Avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice Cedex 2, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France.
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, 33 Avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice Cedex 2, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, 33 Avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice Cedex 2, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
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Huellner MW, Hennedige TP, Winterhalder R, Zander T, Venkatesh SK, Yong WP, Soo RA, Seifert B, Treumann TC, Strobel K, Veit-Haibach P. Prognostic value of different CT measurements in early therapy response evaluation in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer Imaging 2012; 12:212-24. [PMID: 22750105 PMCID: PMC3392781 DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2012.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objectives: Patients with advanced stage colorectal carcinoma (CRC) display hepatic metastases on initial staging in up to 20% of cases. The effectiveness of chemotherapy is generally evaluated by computed tomography (CT) imaging using standardized criteria (RECIST). However, RECIST is not always optimal, and other criteria have been shown to correlate with pathologic response and overall survival. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of different CT measurement for response assessment after initiation of chemotherapy in patients with synchronous colorectal cancer liver metastases. Methods: Fifty-five patients with CRC and synchronous hepatic metastases were evaluated retrospectively at 2 academic centers. Different size, volume, ratio and attenuation parameters were determined at baseline and after 3 cycles of chemotherapy. The prognostic value of baseline measurements and of the change between baseline and second measurements was analyzed using Kaplan–Meier estimates. Results: Median time to progression was 279 days, median overall survival was 704 days. In this selective patient population, neither a significant prognostic value of initial baseline CT parameters nor a prognostic value of the change between the first and the second CT measurements was found. Conclusion: Initial morphological response assessment using different CT measurements has no prognostic value concerning time to progression or overall survival in patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases.
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- M W Huellner
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland.
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Zinzani PL, Rigacci L, Stefoni V, Broccoli A, Puccini B, Castagnoli A, Vaggelli L, Zanoni L, Argnani L, Baccarani M, Fanti S. Early interim 18F-FDG PET in Hodgkin's lymphoma: evaluation on 304 patients. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011; 39:4-12. [PMID: 21894546 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1916-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The use of early (interim) PET restaging during first-line therapy of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in clinical practice has considerably increased because of its ability to provide early recognition of treatment failure allowing patients to be transferred to more intensive treatment regimens. METHODS Between June 1997 and June 2009, 304 patients with newly diagnosed HL (147 early stage and 157 advanced stage) were treated with the ABVD regimen at two Italian institutions. Patients underwent PET staging and restaging at baseline, after two cycles of therapy and at the end of the treatment. RESULTS Of the 304 patients, 53 showed a positive interim PET scan and of these only 13 (24.5%) achieved continuous complete remission (CCR), whereas 251 patients showed a negative PET scan and of these 231 (92%) achieved CCR. Comparison between interim PET-positive and interim PET-negative patients indicated a significant association between PET findings and 9-year progression-free survival and 9-year overall survival, with a median follow-up of 31 months. Among the early-stage patients, 19 had a positive interim PET scan and only 4 (21%) achieved CCR; among the 128 patients with a negative interim PET scan, 122 (97.6%) achieved CCR. Among the advanced-stage patients, 34 showed a persistently positive PET scan with only 9 (26.4%) achieving CCR, whereas 123 showed a negative interim PET scan with 109 (88.6%) achieving CCR. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate the role of an early PET scan as a significant step forward in the management of patients with early-stage or advanced-stage HL.
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- Pier Luigi Zinzani
- Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology L. e A. Seràgnoli, Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Langer A. A systematic review of PET and PET/CT in oncology: a way to personalize cancer treatment in a cost-effective manner? BMC Health Serv Res 2010; 10:283. [PMID: 20932288 PMCID: PMC2959014 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A number of diagnostic tests are required for the detection and management of cancer. Most imaging modalities such as computerized tomography (CT) are anatomical. However, positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional diagnostic imaging technique using compounds labelled with positron-emitting radioisotopes to measure cell metabolism. It has been a useful tool in studying soft tissues such as the brain, cardiovascular system, and cancer. The aim of this systematic review is to critically summarize the health economic evidence of oncologic PET in the literature. METHODS Eight electronic databases were searched from 2005 until February 2010 to identify economic evaluation studies not included in previous Health Technology Assessment (HTA) reports. Only full health economic evaluations in English, French, or German were considered for inclusion. Economic evaluations were appraised using published quality criteria for assessing the quality of decision-analytic models. Given the variety of methods used in the health economic evaluations, the economic evidence has been summarized in qualitative form. RESULTS From this new search, 14 publications were identified that met the inclusion criteria. All publications were decision-analytic models and evaluated PET using Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 (FDG-PET). Eight publications were cost-effectiveness analyses; six were cost-utility analyses. The studies were from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the base case analyses of these studies, cost-effectiveness results ranged from dominated to dominant. The methodology of the economic evaluations was of varying quality. Cost-effectiveness was primarily influenced by the cost of PET, the specificity of PET, and the risk of malignancy. CONCLUSIONS Owing to improved care and less exposure to ineffective treatments, personalized medicine using PET may be cost-effective. However, the strongest evidence for the cost-effectiveness of PET is still in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer. Management decisions relating to the assessment of treatment response or radiotherapy treatment planning require further research to show the impact of PET on patient management and its cost-effectiveness. Because of the potential for increased patient throughput and the possible greater accuracy, the cost-effectiveness of PET/CT may be superior to that of PET. Only four studies of the cost-effectiveness of PET/CT were found in this review, and this is clearly an area for future research.
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- Astrid Langer
- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Havekes B, King K, Lai EW, Romijn JA, Corssmit EPM, Pacak K. New imaging approaches to phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2010; 72:137-45. [PMID: 19508681 PMCID: PMC2966973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03648.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Formerly used concepts for phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas have been challenged by recent discoveries that at least 24% of tumours are familial and thereby often multiple in various locations throughout the body. Furthermore, tumours are often malignant and perhaps more aggressive if associated with SDHB gene mutations. Some paragangliomas are clinically silent and may present only with dopamine hypersecretion. In the current era where CT and MRI are more commonly used, tumours are more often found as incidentalomas and MRI may be less specific for phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma than previously thought. Because of unique tumour characteristics (e.g. the presence of cell membrane and intracellular vesicular norepinephrine transporters) these tumours were 'born' to be imaged by means of specific functional imaging approaches. Moreover, additional recent discoveries related to apoptosis, hypoxia, acidosis, anaerobic glycolysis and angiogenesis, often disturbed in tumour cells, open new options and challenges to specifically image phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas and possibly link those results to their pathophysiology, genotypic alterations and metastatic potential. Functional imaging, especially represented by positron emission tomography (PET), offers an excellent approach by which tumour-specific processes can be detected, evaluated and seen in the context of tumour-specific behaviour and its genetic signature. In this review, we address the recent developments in new functional imaging modalities for phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma and provide the reader with suggested imaging approaches in various phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas of sympathetic origin. Current imaging algorithms of head and neck parasympathetic paragangliomas are not discussed. Finally, this review outlines some future perspectives of functional imaging of these tumours.
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- Bas Havekes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Riad R, Omar W, Kotb M, Hafez M, Sidhom I, Zamzam M, Zaky I, Abdel-Dayem H. Role of PET/CT in malignant pediatric lymphoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2009; 37:319-29. [PMID: 19756591 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1276-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Malignant pediatric lymphoma accounts for 10-15% of all pediatric cancers, (representing 2-3% of all malignancies), with a peak incidence between 5-9 years. Chemotherapy is usually the first and most common mode of treatment. The choice of treatment and prediction of prognosis depend on the histological type of tumor, initial staging, evaluating treatment response, and detection of early recurrence. Conventional imaging modalities have many limitations. PET/CT is more accurate, however so far the literature lacks the results of a large group of patients. AIM OF STUDY To report the role of PET/CT in the above-mentioned objectives at the newly established Children's Cancer Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, which is one of the busiest dedicated pediatric oncology centers of such purposes in the world. All findings were proven by histopathology, clinically, and by clinical follow-up. PATIENT POPULATION A total of 152 patients (35 girls and 117 boys) with histologically proven malignant lymphoma (117 HD, 35 NHL) were included in this study. They were divided into four groups. Group I: 41 patients for initial staging. Group II: 51 patients for evaluating early treatment response after two to three cycles of chemotherapy. Group III: 42 patients for evaluating treatment response 4-8 weeks after the end of their treatment. Group IV: 18 patients evaluated for long-term follow-up. Results of PET/CT were compared with the other conventional imaging modalities (CIM). RESULTS The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of PET/CT and CIM were as follows: In Group I: PET/CT modified staging and treatment in 11 out of 41 cases (26.8%), upstaged 5(12.2%) patients and down-staged six (14.6%) patients. Group II: 100%, 97.7%, 98%, 85.7%, 100%, respectively, for PET/CT and 83%, 66.6%, 68.6%, 25%, 96.7% for CIM respectively Group III: At the end of chemotherapy 100%, 90.9%, 92.8%, 75%, 100%, respectively, for PET/CT and 55.5%, 57.5%, 57.1%, 26.3%, 82.6% for CIM, respectively. Group IV: For long-term follow-up, all the parameters scored 100% for PET/CT, 100%, 38.4%, 72.2%, 50%, 100% for CIM, respectively. CONCLUSION PET/CT in pediatric lymphoma is more accurate than CIM. We recommend that it should be the first modality for all purposes in initial staging, evaluating treatment response and follow-up.
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- Raef Riad
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Fanti S, Castellucci P, Stefoni V, Nanni C, Tani M, Rubello D, Ambrosini V, Zinzani PL, Franchi R. Early relapse in a patient with Hodgkin's disease and negative interim FDG-PET. Ann Nucl Med 2008; 22:429-32. [PMID: 18600422 DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0105-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The role of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the assessment of lymphoma patients is well established, and PET is routinely used for initial staging, early evaluation of treatment response, and identification of disease relapse. The early evaluation of response to therapy (interim PET) has been reported to be an accurate predictor of progression-free survival, and end-treatment PET has been suggested to be unnecessary if interim PET results are negative. We report on a patient with Hodgkin's disease with a positive PET scan at presentation and a negative interim PET (carried out after three cycles of adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine; ABVD). Despite uncomplicated clinical course, end-treatment PET (following six cycles) was positive, showing a very early relapse. For this reason, patient underwent further treatment; however, a complete remission was not obtained, and a poor prognosis is expected. This case testifies the possibility of early relapse of lymphoma even in the case of negative interim PET; it also supports the usefulness of end-treatment PET scan in lymphoma patients.
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- Stefano Fanti
- Unità Operativa di Medicina Nucleare, Padiglione 30, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Current Awareness in Hematological Oncology. Hematol Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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