Response criteria for disease assessment have important therapeutic and prognostic implications in clinical trials and in routine clinical practice. The Lugano classification has been used widely for evaluation of the response of patients with lymphoma to treatment, although the alternative Response Evaluation Criteria In Lymphoma 2017 (RECIL 2017) classification was recently proposed; these criteria are compared herein.
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The work of V.R.B. is supported by the 2016–2017 Physician–Scientist Training Program Grant from the College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA.
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J.O.A is a consultant for Conatus (independent data monitoring committee) and Samus Therapeutics, and is a member of the board of directors for Tesaro. V.R.B. declares no competing interests.
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Bhatt, V., Armitage, J. Staging and restaging patients with lymphoma — a better approach?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 14, 527–528 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2017.81
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