Given the improved ability to spare heart, kidney and liver, should IMRT be the standard of care for gastric MALT lymphoma (despite the low dose needed to effectively treat these patients)?

Gastric MALT lymphoma is a tantalizing disease to utilize IMRT. The target is typically irregularly shaped and surrounded by critical normal structures, including the heart, liver, and kidneys. The standard dose for gastric MALT lymphoma is 30 Gy. Thus, one needs to be mindful of dose to all of thes...