title: Lymphoma: predictive value of Ga-67 scintigraphy after treatment.
abstract: The negative predictive value (PV-) and positive predictive value (PV+) of gallium-67 scintigraphy and computed tomography (CT) were compared after treatment in 43 patients with Hodgkin disease and in 56 patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The usefulness of these studies in predicting survival was also evaluated. In patients with Hodgkin disease, the PV- of Ga-67 scintigraphy was 0.84 and of CT was 0.88. The PV+ was 0.80 for Ga-67 studies and only 0.29 for CT. In patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the PV- of Ga-67 scintigraphy was 0.84 and of CT was 0.80. The PV+ was 0.73 and 0.35, respectively. For both groups, the differences in disease-free survival between patients with negative and positive Ga-67 studies were significant (P less than .05 in Hodgkin disease and P less than .001 in non-Hodgkin lymphoma), but the differences were not significant for CT. These data show that, after treatment of patients with lymphoma, Ga-67 scintigraphy is a good predictor of clinical outcome and can be used beneficially in patient treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Front
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben-Haim
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Epelbaum
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haim
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Even-Sapir
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kolodny
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes