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What radiation dose and fractionation is appropriate for hairy cell leukemia presenting as an isolated skeletal lesion, where systemic treatment is not recommended?

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Radiation Oncology · UMass Memorial Medical Group

If the patient is not a candidate for any systemic therapy like cladribine or pentostatin, treatment of the bone lesion to 20-30 Gy with conventional fractionation is a reasonable approach. Some of the older case series would treat lesions up to 60 Gy, but HCL is ultimately a radiosensitive B-cell l...

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