Radiotherapeutic measures for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma:
- Radiation therapy (radiotherapy, radiatio):
- In patients with a localized stage, low-malignant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) attempts to achieve a cure by early radiotherapy.
- If the testes are affected, testicular irradiation may be given following chemotherapy.
- In CD-20-positive follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by radioimmunotherapy (i, v, injection of 90γ-labeled ibritumomab tiuxetanIndications: Patients relapsing or refractory after rituximab therapy and for consolidation therapy after CHOP-like therapy after initial remission [see guideline below: radioimmunotherapy for CD20-positive follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma].
