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SUBMITTER: Cassidy RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949106 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leukemia & lymphoma 20160112 8
The role of consolidative radiotherapy (RT) in patients ≥60 years old with DLBCL in the rituximab era is controversial. We examined the impact on disease control and overall survival by the addition of consolidative RT after completion of chemotherapy, while adjusting for known adverse risk factors. Retrospective chart review from 2004 to 2012 of 83 consecutive patients ≥60 years old with DLBCL treated in the rituximab era, 68 of which had a complete response to chemotherapy, was performed. Amon ...[more]