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How long after intrathecal chemotherapy do you typically wait before giving whole brain radiation?

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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

This depends on the diagnosis and the reason for pursuing whole brain radiotherapy after intrathecal chemotherapy. For example, if this is a primary CNS lymphoma case with a patient who has progressed despite intrathecal chemotherapy I would likely proceed with whole brain radiotherapy relatively so...

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