TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Radiation in Extramedullary Leukemia/Chloroma
T2 - Guidelines From the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group
AU - Bakst, Richard L
AU - Dabaja, Bouthaina Shbib
AU - Specht, Lena K
AU - Yahalom, Joachim
N1 - Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Survival times for patients with leukemia generally have improved in recent decades, and this improvement has been attributed to an enhanced understanding of the genetics driving the cause of the disease and improved combinations of chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Durable control of systemic disease in blood and bone marrow has significantly improved survival, but extramedullary relapse can pose therapeutic challenges for which radiation therapy can have an important role. This report discusses the current role of radiation therapy for patients with leukemia, specifically the extramedullary manifestations of leukemia.
AB - Survival times for patients with leukemia generally have improved in recent decades, and this improvement has been attributed to an enhanced understanding of the genetics driving the cause of the disease and improved combinations of chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Durable control of systemic disease in blood and bone marrow has significantly improved survival, but extramedullary relapse can pose therapeutic challenges for which radiation therapy can have an important role. This report discusses the current role of radiation therapy for patients with leukemia, specifically the extramedullary manifestations of leukemia.
KW - Acute Disease
KW - Consensus
KW - Humans
KW - Leukemia/radiotherapy
KW - Patient Positioning/methods
KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW - Radiotherapy/adverse effects
KW - Radiotherapy Dosage
KW - Sarcoma, Myeloid/radiotherapy
KW - Skin Neoplasms/radiotherapy
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.05.045
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.05.045
M3 - Review
C2 - 30191865
SN - 0360-3016
VL - 102
SP - 314
EP - 319
JO - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
JF - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
IS - 2
ER -