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- Title
Role of 67gallium citrate scanning in the management of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Authors
Levi, John A.; O'connell, Michael J.; Murphy, W. Linell; Sutherland, John C.; Wiernik, Peter H.; Levi, J A; O'Connell, M J; Murphy, W L; Sutherland, J C; Wiernik, P H
- Abstract
67Gallium scans were performed as part of the initial evaluation in 45 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Eighteen of these patients underwent staging laparotomy and splenectomy. In addition, scans were performed either shortly after therapy was completed or during subsequent followup in 10 patients. The initial scans were found most useful for patients with histiocytic lymphoma: in detecting sites of involvement above the diaphragm and the high para-aortic/mesenteric region, and when tumors were greater than 2 cm in diameter. The addition of 67Ga scanning to the pre-operative clinical evaluation reduced the number of incorrectly staged patients from 8 to 4. Reversion of previously positive 67Ga scans to negative in 3 patients with suspected persistent or recurrent disease was associated with fibrosis and no lymphoma when biopsied. Five other patients had histologically documented positive 67Ga scans post-therapy; in 1 the 67Ga scan was only definitive noninvasive procedure. Despite the occurrence of both false-positive and false-negative 67Ga scans, this procedure appears to be a useful supplement to the pretreatment evaluation of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, especially the histiocytic form. Confirmation of its ability to detect high para-aortic/mesentric involvement may subsequently result in a reduction of the number of staging laparotomies necessary. For the post-treatment followup of these patients 67Ga scans may prove to be valuable noninvasive investigation.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1975, Vol 36, Issue 5, p1690
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(197511)36:5<1690::AID-CNCR2820360524>3.0.CO;2-Y