What is the best treatment management of low grade early stage follicular lymphoma of the mesentery?

Topics: Hematologic Malignancies • Radiation Oncology • Hematology

If the mesentery is widely involved with small lesions would this change your management? What if the patient was symptomatic?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

If a patient has a single mesenteric mass or lymph node that is demonstrated to be low-grade follicular lymphoma after biopsy, and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere by PET-CT or bone marrow biopsy, then definitive RT (24-30 Gy) would be appropriate. Mesenteric lymph nodes can be more challen...

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