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- Title
Good things come in small packages: low-dose radiation as palliation for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
- Authors
Martin, Neil E; Ng, Andrea K
- Abstract
Numerous management options are available to patients with advanced-stage or relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). These include observation in patients with low-volume disease, systemic therapy including radioimmunotherapy, and high-dose therapy with stem cell transplant. In selected patients with localized symptomatic disease, local radiation therapy to sites of involvement can offer effective palliation. However, systemic therapy and standard-dose radiation therapy can be associated with significant toxicities. Over the past 15 years, several groups have investigated the role of low-dose radiation therapy--typically 4 Gy in two fractions--to an involved-field as an option for palliation in patients with NHL. Overall response rates of more than 80% have been consistently reported with local control maintained for 2 years. In this review, we outline the clinical experience with this approach in NHL of various histologies.
- Publication
Leukemia & lymphoma, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 11, p1765
- ISSN
1029-2403
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/10428190903186510