Good things come in small packages: low-dose radiation as palliation for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas

@article{Martin2009GoodTC,
  title={Good things come in small packages: low-dose radiation as palliation for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas},
  author={Neil E. Martin and Andrea K. Ng},
  journal={Leukemia \& Lymphoma},
  year={2009},
  volume={50},
  pages={1765 - 1772}
}
Numerous management options are available to patients with advanced-stage or relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). These include observation in patients with low-volume disease, systemic therapy including radioimmunotherapy, and high-dose therapy with stem cell transplant. In selected patients with localized symptomatic disease, local radiation therapy to sites of involvement can offer effective palliation. However, systemic therapy and standard-dose radiation therapy can… 
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