The Oncologist, Vol. 14, No. suppl_2, 30-40, October 2009; doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2009-S2-30 © 2009 AlphaMed Press
Expert Opinions on Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Imaging in LymphomaaVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; bUniversity Hospital, Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; cHôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; dHôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France; eUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA Key Words. Positron emission tomography • Emission-computed tomography • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma • Imaging Correspondence: Peter S. Conti, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, Room #350, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. Telephone: 323-442-5940; Fax: 323-442-5778; e-mail: pconti{at}usc.edu Received March 27, 2009; accepted for publication July 14, 2009.
Disclosures: Dominique Delbeke: Honoraria: GE Healthcare; Sigrid Stroobants: None; Eric de Kerviler: None; Christian Gisselbrecht: Research funding/contracted research: Bayer Schering Pharma; Michel Meignan: None: Peter S. Conti: Honoraria: Bayer Schering.
Revised guidelines for the staging and response criteria of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were recently published to include the expanding role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose. Here, we discuss the new guidelines and the need for standardized PET acquisition and interpretation in HL and NHL. We also discuss how the role for CT is evolving in the process of making treatment decisions and provide insight on how best to standardize the use of PET/CT for making therapeutic choices.
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