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So, here's an interesting case.
A 55 year old female was presented to us with the diagnosis of follicular lymphoma grade I.
A 2 cm cervical lymphoma was completely resected , the tumour was very superficial. No further suspicious lymph nodes were found in the CT scans, bone marrow is clear, normal LDH.
We were asked to treat the patient in "curative" intention.
What would you do?
1. Watch and Wait (Why not? It was completely removed after all.)
2. IFRT 30 Gy (Probably standard treatment)
3. EFRT 30 Gy (Older type of treatment, maybe better results, but more toxicity too)
4. INRT 30 Gy (Why not? Has anyone ever showed that INRT is worse than IFRT for follicular lymphoma)
5. IFRT 4 Gy (2x2 Gy like in the EORTC/Netherlands series)
Ooops, spelling error in title: "lymphoma"
A 55 year old female was presented to us with the diagnosis of follicular lymphoma grade I.
A 2 cm cervical lymphoma was completely resected , the tumour was very superficial. No further suspicious lymph nodes were found in the CT scans, bone marrow is clear, normal LDH.
We were asked to treat the patient in "curative" intention.
What would you do?
1. Watch and Wait (Why not? It was completely removed after all.)
2. IFRT 30 Gy (Probably standard treatment)
3. EFRT 30 Gy (Older type of treatment, maybe better results, but more toxicity too)
4. INRT 30 Gy (Why not? Has anyone ever showed that INRT is worse than IFRT for follicular lymphoma)
5. IFRT 4 Gy (2x2 Gy like in the EORTC/Netherlands series)
Ooops, spelling error in title: "lymphoma"
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