Early interim 2-(1)fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography is prognostically superior to peripheral blood lymphocyte/monocyte ratio at diagnosis in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma
Author(s) -
Alessandra Romano,
Calogero Vetro,
Daniela Donnarumma,
Stefano Forte,
Massimo Ippolito,
Francesco Di Raimondo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
haematologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1592-8721
pISSN - 0390-6078
DOI - 10.3324/haematol.2012.064576
Subject(s) - abvd , vinblastine , dacarbazine , medicine , bleomycin , lymphoma , chemotherapy , positron emission tomography , nodular sclerosis , hodgkin lymphoma , oncology , nuclear medicine , vincristine , cyclophosphamide
Combination chemotherapy with ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine[1][1] is considered the gold standard for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), but a small fraction of patients fail to achieve long-term disease control for either resistant or relapsing disease.[2][2] The most promising
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