Revalidation of PET/computed tomography criteria (Hopkins criteria) for the assessment of therapeutic response in lung cancer patients: inter-reader reliability, accuracy and survival outcomes

Conclusion The use of Hopkins criteria for posttherapy assessment in patients with lung cancer represents an easy and reproducible method with substantial to almost perfect interobserver agreement and high positive predictive value and accuracy; moreover, it is easily understood by referring physicians. Additionally, there was no significant difference when applying a semi-quantitative measure to the same five-point score.
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research