The role of Ga-67 scintigraphy in evaluating the results of therapy of lymphoma patients

Semin Nucl Med. 1995 Jan;25(1):60-71. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2998(05)80007-8.

Abstract

Gallium-67 scintigraphy using high-dose, modern equipment, and SPECT plays an important role in the evaluation of patients with lymphoma after treatment. Being a viability agent, taken up by lymphomatous, but not by necrotic or fibrotic tissue, it is used to assess the nature of a residual mass after treatment. Gallium also predicts disease-free survival and overall survival after treatment. It is used with high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of recurrence after a continuous clinical remission, which is achieved after successful treatment. A potential use for Gallium is in early evaluation, during treatment, of the rapidity of response. This evaluation determines early the effectiveness of therapy in the individual patient. After treatment Ga-67 scintigraphy appears to be superior to computed tomography and probably magnetic resonance imaging. It is used routinely in the management of patients with lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hodgkin Disease / mortality
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / mortality
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / therapy*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes