TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of lymphangiography and computed tomography scanning in evaluating abdominal disease in stages III and IV Hodgkin's disease
T2 - A southwest oncology group study
AU - Mansfield, Carl M.
AU - Fabian, Carol
AU - Jones, Stephen
AU - Van Slyck, Ellis J.
AU - Grozea, Petre
AU - Morrison, Francis
AU - Miller, Thomas P.
AU - Seibert, Candy
AU - Ayyangar, Komanduri
PY - 1990/12/1
Y1 - 1990/12/1
N2 - The authors reviewed the records of 139 patients who had laparotomy plus computed tomography (CT) and/or lymphangiograms (LAG) as part of a their staging workup for Hodgkin's disease, in accordance with Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) protocol 7808. They evaluated the relative ability of CT and LAG to detect disease in the abdomen. Two regions of the abdomen were designated, the upper and the lower, to further examine the capabilities of CT and LAG in the lower abdomen and CT in the upper abdomen. A LAG was more sensitive (P < 0.05) than CT in detecting positive lower abdominal nodes. in the upper abdomen, CT scan had low sensitivity for detecting positive nodes, liver, or spleen. This study suggests that LAG of the lower abdomen provided more information than CT, and therefore should not be abandoned as a valid method for detecting nodal disease.
AB - The authors reviewed the records of 139 patients who had laparotomy plus computed tomography (CT) and/or lymphangiograms (LAG) as part of a their staging workup for Hodgkin's disease, in accordance with Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) protocol 7808. They evaluated the relative ability of CT and LAG to detect disease in the abdomen. Two regions of the abdomen were designated, the upper and the lower, to further examine the capabilities of CT and LAG in the lower abdomen and CT in the upper abdomen. A LAG was more sensitive (P < 0.05) than CT in detecting positive lower abdominal nodes. in the upper abdomen, CT scan had low sensitivity for detecting positive nodes, liver, or spleen. This study suggests that LAG of the lower abdomen provided more information than CT, and therefore should not be abandoned as a valid method for detecting nodal disease.
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U2 - 10.1002/1097-0142(19901201)66:11<2295::AID-CNCR2820661107>3.0.CO;2-S
DO - 10.1002/1097-0142(19901201)66:11<2295::AID-CNCR2820661107>3.0.CO;2-S
M3 - Article
C2 - 2245383
AN - SCOPUS:0025598355
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 66
SP - 2295
EP - 2299
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 11
ER -