Early interim 2-(1)fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography is prognostically superior to peripheral blood lymphocyte/monocyte ratio at diagnosis in classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Combination chemotherapy with ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine[1][1] is considered the gold standard for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), but a small fraction of patients fail to achieve long-term disease control for either resistant or relapsing disease.[2][2] The most promising