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Christopher R. Kelsey, MD, on DLBCL: Study Results on Consolidation Radiotherapy

2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting

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Christopher R. Kelsey, MD, of Duke University Medical Center, discusses reducing the radiation dose from 30 Gy to 20 Gy for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Phase II findings show this approach may be effective in light of improved systemic treatment and better chemotherapy response assessment (Presentation 298).



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