What volumes do you treat for ISRT for extranodal DLBCL?

Topics: Hematologic Malignancies • Radiation Oncology • Lymphoma • Hematology

For a stage IAE DLBCL (in this case, of the oral cavity) that was completely excised, s/p R-CHOP, is the ISRT target volume just the preop volume plus a margin or would you include elective nodal coverage?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

It is important to remember that ISRT, for both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consists of a set of principles that can be used to design rational radiation fields in the context of modern treatment planning. In general, only sites of original involvement are treated when patients also ...

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Radiation Oncologist at Chesapeake Potomac Regional Cancer Center
@Christopher R. Kelsey, what would be your treatme...

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