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When would you consider treating a testicular relapse with definitive radiation in a child with ALL?

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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital

I would strongly advise against treating with testicular radiotherapy alone at relapse given that testicular relapse is often a harbinger for systemic relapse (depending on the length of first clinical remission) which radiotherapy alone strategies will fail to address (PMID: 8275428). Radiotherapy ...

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