RADIATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE WITH COMBINED-MODALITY THERAPY OR RADIATION ALONE

This article reviews radiation techniques including field arrangements , anatomic borders, and doses for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease w hen radiotherapy is being used as the sole treatment and when it is pa rt of a planned combined modality program with chemotherapy. We descri be the techniques currently in use at Duke University Medical Center, Particular emphasis is placed on the evidence regarding the appropriat e extent of the treatment field and the doses of radiation necessary t o achieve local control, These issues assume increasing importance as we attempt to maintain high cure rates for Hodgkin's disease but lower the frequency of serious long-term complications. (C) 1997 Elsevier S cience Inc.