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Would you offer lung SBRT in a patient with Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH)?

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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells (dendritic cells), part of the mononuclear-phagocytic system. Some patients present with unifocal disease, often in bone. A variety of treatments are acceptable for unifocal disease, including radiation therapy. Very l...

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