Qualitative visual trichotomous assessment improves the value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in predicting the prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the Deauville criteria, using the QVTA criteria for interpreting post-treatment PET/CT scans of DLBCL patients is likely to reduce the number of false positive results. The QVTA criteria are feasible for therapeutic outcome evaluation and can be used to guide risk-adapted therapy. PMID: 26063296 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063296?dopt=Abstract

Source: Chinese Journal of Cancer - June 15, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Chin J Cancer Source Type: research