The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up

Volume: 33 Number: 2 June 1, 2007
  • Meral Kurt
  • Sibel Çetintaş
  • Ayşen Öztürk
  • Neşe Güneş
  • Çiğdem Edincik
  • Lütfi Özkan
  • Feyzi Tamgaç
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The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up

Abstract

The aim of this study is To evaluate the role of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for the detection of treatment response and recurrent disease in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), who had been treated with radiotherapy (RT). A total of 15 patients with the diagnosis of HL, who had been treated and followed by PET scan in the Radiation Oncology Department of Uludag University between April 2003 and August 2005, were included in the study. The median age was 26 (10-52) years. Three patients were women and 12 patients were male. One patient had stage I disease, 5 patients were stage II disease, 9 patients had stage III disease. Five patients had B symptoms. The patients had undergone a median of 6 (3-6) cycles of chemotherapy (CT) before RT. RT areas were as follows; mantle in 11 patients, mantle+paraaortic in 2 patients, involved field in one patient, and subtotal nodal irradiation in one patient. The median total RT dose was 39,6 (30,6-45) Gy. PET scan was performed on a median 2 months (1-5) after RT. Conventional radiological examinations were also used for follow-up. The median follow-up period of the patients was 36 months (21-49). Mediastinal hyperactivity was found in two patients by PET scan that was performed after the completion of RT and CT. However other 13 patients exhibited residual lymph nodes by conventional radiological examinations, PET scan showed normal findings. Mediastinoscopy and lymph node sampling were carried out in two patients, who showed mediastinal hyperactivity by PET scan. One of these patients had disease recurrence, and the other had xanthogranulomatous reaction only. It is concluded that PET is a valuable scanning method for staging, response evaluation and follow-up of patients with HL. It has high sensitivity and specifity for the evaluation of lymph node involvement.

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Meral Kurt This is me

Sibel Çetintaş This is me

Ayşen Öztürk This is me

Neşe Güneş This is me

Çiğdem Edincik This is me

Lütfi Özkan This is me

Feyzi Tamgaç This is me

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June 1, 2007

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Year 2007 Volume: 33 Number: 2

APA
Kurt, M., Çetintaş, S., Öztürk, A., Güneş, N., Edincik, Ç., Özkan, L., & Tamgaç, F. (2007). The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 33(2), 51-54. https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE
AMA
1.Kurt M, Çetintaş S, Öztürk A, et al. The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2007;33(2):51-54. https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE
Chicago
Kurt, Meral, Sibel Çetintaş, Ayşen Öztürk, et al. 2007. “The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33 (2): 51-54. https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE.
EndNote
Kurt M, Çetintaş S, Öztürk A, Güneş N, Edincik Ç, Özkan L, Tamgaç F (June 1, 2007) The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33 2 51–54.
IEEE
[1]M. Kurt et al., “The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 51–54, June 2007, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE
ISNAD
Kurt, Meral - Çetintaş, Sibel - Öztürk, Ayşen - Güneş, Neşe - Edincik, Çiğdem - Özkan, Lütfi - Tamgaç, Feyzi. “The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33/2 (June 1, 2007): 51-54. https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE.
JAMA
1.Kurt M, Çetintaş S, Öztürk A, Güneş N, Edincik Ç, Özkan L, Tamgaç F. The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2007;33:51–54.
MLA
Kurt, Meral, et al. “The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 33, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 51-54, https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE.
Vancouver
1.Meral Kurt, Sibel Çetintaş, Ayşen Öztürk, Neşe Güneş, Çiğdem Edincik, Lütfi Özkan, Feyzi Tamgaç. The Role of Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) For Hodgkin Lymphoma Follow-Up. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2007 Jun. 1;33(2):51-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA67HL95AE

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