¹⁸F-FDG PET/MRI for Staging and Interim Response Assessment in Pediatric and Adolescent Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Prospective Study with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT as the Reference Standard

Treatment regimens for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) depend on accurate staging and treatment response assessment, based on accurate disease distribution and metabolic activity depiction. With the aim of radiation dose reduction, we compared the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/MRI with a 18F-FDG PET/CT reference standard for staging and response assessment. Methods: Twenty-four patients (mean age, 15.4 y; range, 8-19.5 y) with...