Irradiating Residual Disease to 30 Gy with Proton Therapy in Pediatric Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma

Irradiating Residual Disease to 30 Gy with Proton Therapy in Pediatric Mediastinal Hodgkin Lymphoma

Background: Local relapse is a predominant form of recurrence among pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (PHL). Although PHL radiotherapy doses have been approximately 20 Gy, adults with Hodgkin lymphoma receiving 30 to 36 Gy experience fewer in-field relapses. We investigated the dosimetric eff...

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Main Authors: Bradford S. Hoppe, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Nancy P. Mendenhall, Eric S. Sandler, William B. Slayton, Howard Katzenstein, Michael J. Joyce, Zuofeng Li, Stella Flampouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Subjects:
hodgkin lymphoma
dose escalation
pediatric lymphoma
organs at risk
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-19-00077.1

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