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Interim PET‐results for prognosis in adults with Hodgkin lymphoma: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of prognostic factor studies

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is one of the most common haematological malignancies in young adults and, with cure rates of 90%, has become curable for the majority of individuals. Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging tool used to monitor a tumour's metabolic activity, stage and progression. Interim PET during chemotherapy has been posited as a prognostic factor in individuals with HL to distinguish between those with a poor …

Authors

Aldin A; Umlauff L; Estcourt LJ; Collins G; Moons KG; Engert A; Kobe C; von Tresckow B; Haque M; Foroutan F

Journal

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 9, No. 9,

Publisher

Wiley

DOI

10.1002/14651858.cd012643.pub2

ISSN

1361-6137