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What RT dose would you use to treat a single site relapse of high risk multiple myeloma?

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Radiation Oncology · NCI Radiation Research Program and Radiation Oncology Branch

Depending on the KPS of the patient, it may be 20 Gy in 5 to 36 Gy in 20. Data (Oertel et al., PMID 30987659) support upwards of over 45 Gy, but that is in the de-novo situation. This is post-treatment/transplant and represents a treatment failure and likely palliation. A 2005 paper on this subject ...

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