How would you manage a young patient with Sjogrens disease with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma involving bilateral parotid glands with bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy?
For patients with low-grade NHLs (e.g., follicular lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma), staging dictates treatment. If a patient has a localized process (e.g., contiguous stage I-II disease), then a definitive course of RT is typically recommended. The conventional approach is 24-30 Gy, though a dose-...
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I am a little skeptical of the clinical scenario described. MZL of the parotid is rarely associated with involved adenopathy in the neck. I would try to confirm the latter with a needle biopsy of the nodes. 2 x 2 seems a reasonable approach to whatever disease is documented. I would not favor adjuva...
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This sounds rather like an extensive stage II disease with bilateral neck involvement.
In this scenario, I would be very cautious recommending definitive radiotherapy.
I would consider 2 x 2 Gy schedule, folllowed by Rituximab monotherapy.
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