[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for detection of bone marrow involvement in children and adolescents with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Purz S, Mauz-Körholz C, Körholz D et al.
University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
J Clin Oncol 2011;29:3523–8.
Editor’s note: Initial staging of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) has evolved over three decades, whereby staging laparotomy has long been abandoned and the recent introduction of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) into routine practice has allowed improved staging sensitivity.
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