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ArticleBMJ open2021

Additional value of volumetric and texture analysis on FDG PET assessment in paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma: an Italian multicentric study protocol.

Egesta Lopci, Roberta Burnelli, Caterina Elia, Arnoldo Piccardo, Angelo Castello, Eugenio Borsatti, Pietro Zucchetta, Angelina Cistaro, Maurizio Mascarin, AIEOP Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Egesta LopciNuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS - Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy egesta.lopci@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-1094
Roberta BurnelliPediatric Onco-hematologic Unit, University Hospital Arcispedale Sant'Anna of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Caterina EliaAYA Oncology and Pediatric Radiotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
Arnoldo PiccardoNuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy.
Angelo CastelloNuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS - Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
Eugenio BorsattiNuclear Medicine Department, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
Pietro ZucchettaNuclear Medicine Department, Padua University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
Angelina CistaroNuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy.
Maurizio MascarinAYA Oncology and Pediatric Radiotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
AIEOP Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico · ITEnte Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera · ITIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITArcispedale Sant'Anna · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAssessment of response to therapy in paediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT has become a powerful tool for the discrimination of responders from non-responders. The addition of volumetric and texture analyses can be regarded as a valuable help for disease prognostication and biological characterisation. Based on these premises, the Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group of the Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (AIEOP) has designed a prospective evaluation of volumetric and texture analysis in the Italian cohort of patients enrolled in the EuroNet-PHL-C2. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The primary objective is to compare volumetric assessment in patiens with HL at baseline and during the course of therapy with standard visual and semiquantitative analyses. The secondary objective is to identify the impact of volumetric and texture analysis on bulky masses. The tertiary objective is to determine the additional value of multiparametric assessment in patients having a partial response on morphological imaging.The overall cohort of the study is expected to be round 400-500 patients, with approximately half presenting with bulky masses. All PET scans of the Italian cohort will be analysed for volumetric assessment, comprising metabolic tumour volume and total lesion glycolysis at baseline and during the course of therapy. A dedicated software will delineate semiautomatically contours using different threshold methods, and the impact of each segmentation techniques will be evaluated. Bulky will be defined on contiguous lymph node masses ≥200 mL on CT/MRI. All bulky masses will be outlined and analysed by the same software to provide textural features. Morphological assessment will be based on RECIL 2017 for response definition. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The current study has been ethically approved (AIFA/SC/P/27087 approved 09/03/2018; EudraCT 2012-004053-88, EM-04). The results of the different analyses performed during and after study completion the will be actively disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, social media, print media and internet.

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Hodgkin DiseaseChildHumansItalyMulticenter Studies as TopicPositron-Emission TomographyProspective StudiesRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticalslymphomanuclear radiologyprotocols & guidelines

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PMID33782017
PMCPMC8009231
OpenAlexW3140819838

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