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Would you consider just treating radiographic residual disease (as opposed to all original sites of disease involvement, per ILROG guidelines) in a patient with bulky early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma of the mediastinum?

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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

If the patient is treated with > 4 cycles of chemotherapy and the disease is considered chemo-refractory, and if dose constraints to critical structures especially to the lungs can be achieved, I would recommend treating all the original sites of disease involvement, then add boost to the residual s...

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