British journal of haematology
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Review Meta Analysis
Prognostic value of interim FDG-PET in Hodgkin lymphoma: systematic review and meta-analysis.
This study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyse the value of interim (18) F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in predicting treatment failure in Hodgkin lymphoma. MEDLINE was systematically searched for original studies that used standardized international criteria for interim FDG-PET interpretation. Included studies were methodologically assessed. ⋯ There was heterogeneity in DORs across individual studies (I2 = 72.7). The overall prognostic value of interim FDG-PET appears to be moderate for excluding and relatively high for identifying treatment failure in Hodgkin lymphoma. However, interim FDG-PET cannot yet be implemented in routine clinical practice due to moderate-quality evidence and inter-study heterogeneity that cannot be fully explained yet.