Would you offer RT to a patient with a stage I low grade follicular lymphoma in the groin/upper thigh (7 cm) s/p complete excision with negative margins?

Topics: Hematologic Malignancies • Radiation Oncology • Lymphoma • Hematology

Would your recommendations change if the mass were significantly smaller, say 1-2 cm, and was completely excised with negative margins?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

An abstract presented at the 2017 ASTRO from MD Anderson Cancer Center by Andraos and colleagues (last author Dabaja) addressed this question in a retrospective analysis. Of the 39 patients who underwent complete resection of their nodal low grade FL, "those treated with adjuvant therapy experienced...

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Radiation Oncologist at Duke University Medical Center
Agree with the above. I am always a little skeptic...

Radiation Oncologist at CCare
Would your recommendation change if this was a 2-3...

Radiation Oncologist at Duke University Medical Center
That gets a little trickier because of the mobilit...

Radiation Oncologist at Mallory Radiotherapy, PLLC
In the situation of a younger man who presented wi...

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