Results of radiation therapy of stage II non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the Waldeyer's ring: a report of the Japanese Lymphoma Radiation Therapy Study Group
Masaki, N.; Ikeda, H.; Kaneta, K.; Morita, K.; Niibe, H.; Watanabe, S.; Hayabuchi, N.; Horiuchi, J.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 34(5): 612-618
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 3385927 Document Number: 312779
A retrospective analysis of 245 patients with stage II non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the Waldeyer's ring treated between 1972 and 1985 was performed. Treatment consisted of radiation therapy alone in 96 patients and 149 patients were treated with chemotherapy combined. Five-year survival and relapse-free survival rates were 57% and 50%, respectively. For cases with DH, they were 64% and 55% respectively, and for DLPD 31% and 27%, respectively. Of the cases with relapse, 21% were seen in stomach or intestine. There were no difference on survival rates between radiation therapy alone and chemotherapy combined with radiation therapy.