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The Role of PET in Lymphoma^*

¹ Nuclear Medicine Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; and ² Lymphoma Service, Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: David J. Straus, MD, Lymphoma Service, Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021. E-mail: strausd{at}mskcc.org

Malignant lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of diseases whose treatment and prognosis depend on accurate staging and evaluation of histologic features. The conventional imaging procedure is CT; however, nuclear medicine imaging has also had a prominent role. Single-photon imaging with ⁶⁷Ga-citrate has been widely used for lymphomas. PET with ¹⁸F-FDG has gained a role in the staging and follow-up of lymphomas, largely replacing gallium as the nuclear medicine study of choice. ¹⁸F-FDG PET has proved useful in the staging and follow-up of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (especially more aggressive types), and the widespread use of PET/CT has also increased the sensitivity and specificity. Its usefulness for the staging of slow-growing lymphomas has not been established. After the basics of staging and classification of lymphomas have been outlined, this article will review the role of ¹⁸F-FDG PET in the management of patients with lymphoma. PET tracers other than ¹⁸F-FDG, such as positron-emitting isotopes of gallium and the cellular proliferation marker ¹⁸F-3'-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine, will be discussed and future directions for PET in lymphoma proposed.

Key Words: ⁶⁷Ga-citrate • Hodgkin's disease • lymphoma • PET

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