One of the primary tools that oncologists use to stage cancers is the PET (positron emission tomography) scan, an imaging test that uses a small amount of radioactive sugar to detect metabolically ...

While PET scans have been used to predict Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes, adding Adcetris to frontline therapy improved outcomes for patients, regardless of their results. Adding Adcetris (brentuximab ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My father just started chemotherapy for lymphoma, and he is scheduled for a positron emission tomography, or PET scan, after his first three treatments. How do doctors decide when to ...

For patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), PET/CT scans conducted in the first cycle of salvage therapy can predict for response, according to a study. Results of a prospective study of ...

Researchers in The Netherlands conducted a population-based study of all known cases of Q fever and mature B-cell NHL in The Netherlands between 2002 and 2017 to assess a possible link between the 2 ...

Long term follow up in relapsed Hodgkin’s disease (HD): Updated results of the HD-R1 study comparing conventional chemotherapy (cCT) to high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous haemopoetic stem ...

Consolidation Therapy With Low-Dose Thalidomide and Prednisolone Prolongs the Survival of Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing a Single Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation Procedure All patients with ...

Canadians concerned about the state of their health are increasingly turning to what is considered the cutting edge in diagnostic testing — the PET scan — even though they probably will be paying for ...