title: [The role of indirect lower lymphoscintigraphy for radiotherapy planning in Hodgkin's lymphoma].
abstract: The feasibility of application of indirect lower lymphoscintigraphy (ILLSG) was assessed in 202 patients with Hodgkin's disease. Its high diagnostic potential was demonstrated by comparison with direct X-ray contrast lymphography: ILLSG's sensitivity was 91.5%, specificity--76.1% and overall accuracy--88.4%. The procedure used for topometric preparation prior to exposure of paraaortal and ileaco-inguinal lymph nodes proved instrumental in designing individual irradiation fields: their boundaries were altered in 21.6% on the basis of ILLSG data.
authors.affiliation: N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Ministry of Health of the RF, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kanaev
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Novikov
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Semenov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Zhukova
mesh_terms: D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity