Surveillance imaging during first remission in follicular lymphoma does not impact overall survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although many patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) undergo routine radiographic surveillance during their first remission, no consensus exists on the modality, duration, frequency, or need for routine imaging studies. The authors retrospectively examined the effect of surveillance imaging on relapse detection and overall survival (OS) in patients with FL.

Methods

Patients with newly diagnosed FL who had a response to induction therapy were identified from the Lymphoid Malignancies Enterprise Architecture Database (LEAD) at Emory University and from the Molecular Epidemiology Resource (MER) of the University of Iowa/Mayo Clinic. Patients were evaluated for both relapse and method of relapse detection (ie, clinical concerns vs radiologic detection through surveill

SUBMITTER: Goldman ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800454 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature