How do you treat a young woman of child bearing age group diagnosed with primary CNS lymphoma?
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Medical Oncology · Riverside Methodist Hospitals/OhioHealth
The first step is to check HIV serology to ensure that the patient is HIV negative as HIV+ve patients would need to antiretroviral therapy promptly along with chemotherapy or the prognosis is dismal. If patient is young and fit the initial approach is similar in both HIV +ve and -ve patients. Assumi...