Is there a role for consolidation radiation in a patient with stage I low grade follicular lymphoma treated with chemotherapy?
If a patient with stage I, low grade follicular lymphoma achieves a complete response after rituxan and treanda is there any role for consolidative radiation? If so what dose would you recommend?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
First, while there is no "standard" treatment for stage I follicular lymphoma due to a scarcity of randomized studies, most North American and European guidelines indicate that the "preferred" treatment is radiation therapy. This is based on several single institution series demonstrating that radia...