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Hematologic Malignancies • Radiation Oncology • Sarcoma • Lymphoma • Internal Medicine • Hematology
What dose do you feel comfortable treating the entire circumference of an extremity to before you are concerned about chronic toxicity?
When the disease (in this case, lymphoma) involves almost all of the entire muscle compartment of the distal lower extremity, what is a safe dose? I'm also curious about sarcomas, especially with IMRT giving low dose to much of the extremity.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The doses for lymphoma will depend on the histology , use of chemotherapy , response to chemotherpy .
I am comfortable in giving 3600cGy at 180 cGy per fraction .
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