Paul Brown, Radiation Oncologist at Mayo Clinic, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Editorial PCNSL
Low dose WBRT:
- better cognitive outcomes (due to better CNS control?)
- 60yo OS benefit
- Consider LD-WBRT if not good transplant candidate
- LD-WBRT is a modern consolidative therapy
Contact your NCCN Reps to fix guidelines.
Excellent editorial Gustav Cederquist, Joachim Yahalom, Brandon Imber.
Thanks Jeff Ryckman, for alerting me to NCCN –I have contacted my NCCN reps asking for changes and updates to the PCNSL sections.”
Title: A Little Less Gray: Reduced Dose Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Consolidation in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Proves to Be a Winner in a Key Randomized Study
Authors: Gustav Cederquist, Joachim Yahalom, Brandon Imber
Read the Full Article on International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Other posts featuring Paul Brown on OncoDaily.
