How do you follow patients after radiation treatment for orbital MALT lymphoma?

Topics: Hematologic Malignancies • Radiation Oncology • Hematology

Does your follow-up differ depending on the dose you used (e.g. boom boom vs. 24 Gy)? Do you routinely image? If so, do you use MRI or PET scans in follow-up?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Local control is extraordinarily high after definitive RT (24 Gy) for orbital MALT lymphoma (>95%). It is not uncommon for patients with retro-orbital disease to have residual masses after RT that remain stable during follow-up. One should be cautious about pursuing additional ther...

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