The prognostic value of bone marrow retention index and bone marrow-to-liver ratio of baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Ahmed El-AzonyMohammad Abd Alkhalik BashaYassir Edrees AlmalkiBader AbdelmaksoudNabila HefziAhmed A AlnagarSheren MahdeyIsmail Mohamed AliIbrahim NasrAhmed A El-Hamid M AbdallaHala Y YousefMohamed M A ZaitounSaeed Bakry ElsayedMohamad Gamal NadaMohamed I AminRania Mostafa HassanSusan Adil AliTamer Mahmoud DawoudSameh Abdelaziz AlyYoussef H AlgazzarHeba AbdelhamedPublished in: European radiology (2023)
• Bone marrow retention index (RI-bm) and bone marrow-to-liver ratio (BLR) are powerful prognostic variables in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. • High BLR and RI-bm are significantly associated with poor overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS). • RI-bm and BLR represent suitable and noninvasive risk indicators in DLBCL patients.