Prognostic impact of clinician-based interpretation of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography reports obtained in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Karen J Mylam, Tarec C El-Galaly, Martin Hutchings, Peter Brown, Bodil Himmelstrup, Oke Gerke, Dorte Gillstrøm, Ida Blok Sillesen, Lars Munksgaard, Bjarne B Pedersen, Ilse Christiansen, Paw Jensen, Anne L Nielsen, Lars M Pedersen

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of clinician interpretation of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) reports at mid-therapy, interim PET (I-PET) and after the end of first-line therapy (E-PET) in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Four hundred and thirty patients were enrolled in this study comprising a total of 617 PET reports. Each report was evaluated by three expert hematologists randomly selected from a panel of nine. Reports were labeled positive or negative if all three interpreters agreed. All others were considered indeterminate. Indeterminate reports accounted for 59% of I-PET and 49% of E-PET reports. Two-year overall survival (OS) for patients with a positive, indeterminate and negative I-PET was 58%, 87% and 89% (p
Original languageEnglish
JournalLeukemia and Lymphoma
Volume55
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)1563-1569
Number of pages7
ISSN1042-8194
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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