Positron-emission tomography –based staging reduces the prognostic impact of early disease progression in patients with follicular lymphoma

Previous studies reported that early progression of disease (POD) after initial therapy predicted poor overall survival (OS) in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). Here, we investigated whether pre-treatment imaging modality had an impact on prognostic significance of POD.

Source: European Journal of Cancer - January 12, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Connie L. Batlevi, Fushen Sha, Anna Alperovich, Ai Ni, Katy Smith, Zhitao Ying, John F. Gerecitano, Paul A. Hamlin, Steve M. Horwitz, Erel Joffe, Anita Kumar, Matthew J. Matasar, Alison J. Moskowitz, Craig H. Moskowitz, Ariela Noy, Colette Owens, Lia M. P Tags: Original Research Source Type: research