Phase II study of palliative low-dose local radiotherapy in disseminated indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1466-1470

  Jóhannsson, Jakob ^a,b   Specht, Lena ^a,c   Mejer, Johannes ^d   Jensen, Bjarne Anker ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Indolent non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Low dose radiotherapy; Palliative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

RESPONSE RATES;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2242422736     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03050-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Mirza M.R., Brincker H., Specht L. The integration of radiotherapy into the primary treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 12:1992;217-229.
2. Bush R.S., Gospodarowicz M. The place of radiation therapy in the management of patients with localized non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Rosenberg S.A., Kaplan H.S. Malignant lymphomas Etiology, immunology, pathology, treatment . 1982;485-502 Academic Press, New York.
3. Lawrence T.S., Urba W.J., Steinberg S.M., et al. Retrospective analysis of stage I and II indolent lymphomas at the National Cancer Institute. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 14:1988;417-424.
4. Rosenberg S.A. The low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas Challenges and opportunities . J Clin Oncol. 3:1985;299-310.
5. Sutcliffe S.B., Gospodarowicz M.K., Bush R.S., et al. Role of radiation therapy in localized non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Radiother Oncol. 4:1985;211-223.
6. Johnson R.E., Canellos G.P., Young R.C., et al. Chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone) versus radiotherapy (total body irradiation) for stage III-IV poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma. Cancer Treat Rep. 62:1978;321-325.
7. Choi N.C., Timothy A.R., Kaufman S.C., et al. Low dose fractionated whole body irradiation in the treatment of advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cancer. 43:1979;1636-1642.
8. Johnson R.E. Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia by total body irradiation alone and combined with chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 5:1979;159-164.
9. Carabell S.C., Chaffey J.T., Rosenthal D.S., et al. Results of total body irradiation in the treatment of advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Cancer. 43:1979;994-1000.
10. A prospective comparison of combination chemotherapy with total body irradiation in the treatment of advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Clin Oncol. 7:1981;193-200.
11. Hoppe R.T., Kushlan P., Kaplan H.S., et al. The treatment of advanced stage favorable histology non-Hodgkin's lymphoma A preliminary report of a randomized trial comparing single agent chemotherapy, combination chemotherapy, and whole body irradiation . Blood. 58:1981;592-598.
12. Rubin P., Bennett J.M., Begg C., et al. The comparison of total body irradiation vs chlorambucil and prednisone for remission induction of active chronic lymphocytic leukemia an ECOG study. Part I: Total body irradiation - Response and toxicity . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 7:1981;1623-1632.
13. Lybeert M.L.M., Meerwaldt J.H., Deneve W. Long-term results of low dose total body irradiation for advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 13:1987;1167-1172.
14. Mendenhall N.P., Noyes W.D., Million R.R. Total body irradiation for stage II-IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Ten-year follow-up . J Clin Oncol. 7:1989;67-74.
15. De Neve W.J., Lybeert M.L.M., Meerwaldt J.H. Low-dose total body irradiation in non-Hodgkin lymphoma Short- and long-term toxicity and prognostic factors . Am J Clin Oncol (CCT). 13:1990;280-284.
16. Ganem G., Lambin P., Socié G., et al. Potential role for low dose limited-field radiation therapy (2 × 2 Grays) in advanced low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Hematol Oncol. 12:1994;1-8.
17. Sawyer E.J., Timothy A.R. Low dose palliative radiotherapy in low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Radiother Oncol. 42:1997;49-51.
18. Miller A.B., Hoogstraten B., Staquet M. Reporting results of cancer treatment. Cancer. 47:1981;207-214.
19. Kaplan E.L., Meier P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc. 53:1958;457-481.
20. Girinsky T., Guillot-Vals D., Koscielny S., et al. A high and sustained response rate in refractory or relapsing low-grade lymphoma masses after low-dose radiation Analysis of predictive parameters of response to treatment . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 51:2001;148-155.