Recommendations for Initial Evaluation, Staging, and Response Assessment of Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: The Lugano Classification
Georgetown University · Institute of Oncology Research
Abstract
The purpose of this work was to modernize recommendations for evaluation, staging, and response assessment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). A workshop was held at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland, in June 2011, that included leading hematologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine physicians, representing major international lymphoma clinical trials groups and cancer centers. Clinical and imaging subcommittees presented their conclusions at a subsequent workshop at the 12th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, leading to revised criteria for staging and of the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 151.83
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 78
Authors
7- BDBruce D. ChesonCorresponding
Georgetown University, Institute of Oncology Research
- RIRichard I. Fisher
Georgetown University, Institute of Oncology Research
- SFSally F. Barrington
Georgetown University, Institute of Oncology Research
- FCFranco Cavalli
Georgetown University, Institute of Oncology Research
- LHLawrence H. Schwartz
Georgetown University, Institute of Oncology Research
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Lymphoma
- Stage (stratigraphy)
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Radiology
- Positron emission tomography
- Biopsy
- Disease
- Partnerships for the goals