Routine full-lung tomography in the initial staging and treatment planning of patients with Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The yield of additional information from anteroposterior full-lung tomograms that changed stage or treatment, in comparison to that obtained from routine chest radiographs, was prospectively evaluated in 243 previously untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Although new information was found in 21.4% of all patients, in only 1.2% did these additional data change patient staging. In 3.3% of the other patients the tomograms provided information that affected radiotherapy treatment planning as practiced in our institution.
D000328:Adult; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray