Search Tag: Hodgkin lymphoma

IMAGING Management

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2016 26 Jun

Research on 1,200 patients in the UK, European and Australia has found that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans can spare patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma the serious side effects of chemotherapy. The study, led by Peter Johnson , Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Southampton, and published in the...Read more

IMAGING Management

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2015 23 Apr

A positron-emission tomography (PET) scan immediately after treatment with chemotherapy can identify patients who have a very good outcome without additional radiotherapy, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine . The "RAPID" trial involved 602 Hodgkin lymphoma patients who had a PET scan performed after their chemotherapy....Read more