The use of gallium-67 scintigraphy to monitor tumor response rates and predict long-term clinical outcome in patients with lymphoma.

The aim of this study was to determine whether gallium (Ga)-67 scintigraphy can monitor the treatment response rates and predict the long-term clinical outcome in patients with lymphoma. Gallium-67 scintigraphy was performed upon admission (baseline Ga) in 33 consecutive, newly diagnosed patients. Twenty-eight patients (Hodgkin's disease, n = 18; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, n = 13) with Ga avid tumors were included in the study.