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Early supradiaphragmatic hodgkin's disease: High‐dose gallium scanning obviates the need for staging laparotomy
Author(s) -
Blackwell E. Anthony,
Joshua Douglas E.,
Kronenberg Harry,
McLaughlin Andrew F.,
Green David,
May James
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19860815)58:4<883::aid-cncr2820580414>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , isotopes of gallium , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , gallium 67 scan , nuclear medicine , scintigraphy , surgery , paleontology , biology
Experience with 16 sequential patients with Stage IA/IIA Supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's disease who had no evidence of intra‐abdominal disease using high‐dose gallium and computerized tomography scanning is reported. Subsequent staging laparotomy also was negative in all these patients and did not alter management decisions. It is suggested that high‐dose, whole‐body gallium scanning and other noninvasive staging procedures give reliable data for therapeutic decisions.