Researchers find low-dose PET/CT best imaging method for lymphoma

December 4, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Researchers find low-dose PET/CT best imaging method for lymphoma By Rebekah Moan Low-dose PET/CT demonstrates the best sensitivity and specificity for initial staging of lymphoma, according to a study presented on Thursday at the RSNA meeting. Dr. Immaculada Pinilla Fernandez, from the University Hospital La Paz in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues prospectively studied 108 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as well as Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patients underwent initial staging with F-18 FDG-PET/CT that included a low-dose CT and a PET study followed by a full-dose, contrast-enhanced CT.

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