Table 2 Outcomes of PET-2-negative and PET-2-positive patients assigned to receive combined-modality treatment.

From: Follow-up of the GHSG HD16 trial of PET-guided treatment in early-stage favorable Hodgkin lymphoma

 

PET-2-negative

PET-2-positive

 

DS 1–2 (N = 353)

DS 3 (N = 218)

DS ≥ 4 (N = 122)

Follow-up (months)

  For disease status

65 (63–67)

63 (62–66)

64 (60–68)

  For survival status

67 (65–72)

65 (63–71)

65 (62–70)

Tumor events

  Progression

0

 

0

 

6

(5%)

  Early relapse (within one year after end of treatment)

3

(1%)

4

(2%)

2

(2%)

  Late relapse

15

(4%)

12

(6%)

12

(10%)

  Any tumor event

18

(5%)

16

(7%)

20

(16%)

Causes of death

  Hodgkin lymphoma

1

(<1%)

  

1

(1%)

  Toxicity of second-line therapy

0

 

1

(<1%)

0

 

  Second primary malignancy

4

(1%)

2

(1%)

1

(1%)

  Cardiovascular disease

1

(<1%)

1

(<1%)

  

  Unclear

3

(1%)

1

(<1%)

1

(1%)

  Any event

9

(3%)

5

(2%)

3

(2%)

  1. Data are median (95% CI) or n (%).
  2. PET-2 positron emission tomography after two cycles of chemotherapy, DS deauville score.