Evaluation of Efficacy and Toxicity of Helical Tomotherapy in the Treatment of Patients with Nasal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53395#.VMCLACzQrzE Author(s) Baolin Qu 1* , Xiao Zhao 1 , Lingling Meng 1 , Shouping Xu 1 , Chuanbin Xie 1 , Jack Yang 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of radiotherapy, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China . 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, USA . ABSTRACT Purpose: Nasal lymphoma created dosimetric challenges in radiotherapy due to the complex anatomical structures. This study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of helical Tomotherapy (HT) in the treatment of nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) patients. Methods and Materials: Between August 2008 and April 2013, a total of 25 NKTCL patients were treated with HT in our department; Among them, three patients have not received chemotherapy, one patient has received concurrent chemo-radiation with CHOP plus L-ASP, two patients have received the sequen...