Follicular Lymphoma

Studies from William Beaumont Hospital add new findings in the area of follicular lymphoma

Published in Blood Weekly, September 24th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "The aim of this study was to correlate metabolic behavior of follicular lymphoma with proliferative index (Ki67). Pre-treatment 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scans of 23 patients with pathologic diagnosis of follicular lymphoma were retrospectively analyzed together with Ki67."

"The maximal standardized uptake value (SUV) was measured and corrected to glucose level of 100 mg/dl over the biopsy region (BxSUV100) and at the highest tumor activity of the body (BmSUV100). BxSUV100 was significantly correlated with Ki67 (p = 0.037). There was an increasing trend of...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-09-24)

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