When would you offer PMRT to a patient after prior TNI for lymphoma?
What factors do you consider when offering PMRT? Would you change your dose/fx and/or field size?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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It would depend on total dose. If the dose in the past was in the 30s, in these patients I have usually been reluctant to treat the supraclavicular area again to decrease risk of plexopathy. I have treated the chest wall with extra precaution to decrease the dose to the heart (larger conformal block) in treating the left sided chest wall. I have limited the dose to 45 Gy in 25 fractions to a larger volume. If the original dose was 2100cGy, then I would also treat the s/c to 45 Gy in 25 fractions.
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