Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography staging can replace bone marrow biopsy in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Results from Brazilian Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group

Objective: To investigate, in a large prospective multicenter study, whether 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose-positron emission tomography is sufficiently accurate to identify clinically important bone marrow involvement by Hodgkin's lymphoma to replace routine bone marrow biopsy in a developin...

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Main Authors: Juliano Júlio Cerci, Mateos Bogoni, Valeria Buccheri, Elba Cristina Sá de Camargo Etchebehere, Talita Maira Bueno da Silveira, Otavio Baiocchi, Carlos de Araujo Cunha Pereira Neto, Marcelo Tatit Sapienza, Jose Flavio Gomes Marin, José Cláudio Meneghetti, Yana Novis, Carmino Antonio de Souza, Carlos Chiattone, Marcia Torresan, Celso Dario Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137918300658