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Early Treatment Response Evaluation in Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma-A Pilot Study Comparing Volumetric MRI and PET/CT.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20737222     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the time course of early chemotherapy response in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT).
PROCEDURES: Eight patients with histologically proven aggressive NHL were imaged by MRI and PET/CT before treatment (E1), 1 week (E2), and two cycles (E3) after chemotherapy.
RESULTS: The mean tumor volume on MRI was 276 mL at baseline; it decreased 58% at E2 (p < 0.05) and 65% further at E3 (p < 0.05), giving a total decrease of 84% (p < 0.05). All the imaged pre-therapy tumors were strongly positive on PET/CT, with a mean maximum standardized uptake value (SUV(max)) of 20. The SUV(max) decreased 60% at E2 (p < 0.05) and 59% further at E3 (p < 0.05), giving a total decrease of 83% (p < 0.05). The active tumor burden (mean 229 mL) decreased 66% at E2 (p < 0.05). The tumor volume on MRI correlated with the active tumor volume on fused PET/CT images in the same region of interest at both E1 and E2 (r = 0.88, p < 0.01, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: Standard chemotherapy causes rapid decrease of both tumor metabolic activity and volume as early as 1 week, which continues to decline during therapy. Both volumetric MRI and PET/CT are valuable tools for early treatment response evaluation of aggressive NHL.
Authors:
Xingchen Wu; Prasun Dastidar; Hannu Pertovaara; Pasi Korkola; Ritva Järvenpää; Maija Rossi; Tiit Kööbi; Hannu Eskola; Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular imaging and biology : MIB : the official publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1860-2002     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol Imaging Biol     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101125610     Medline TA:  Mol Imaging Biol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  785-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Xingchen.Wu@uta.fi.
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