[Radiotherapy of Hodgkin's disease with extensive mediastinal involvement].
The radiotherapy of large mediastinal masses in Hodgkin's disease is connected with a high risk of marginal recurrences. Large radiation fields or the irradiation of the whole lung may be followed by pulmonary complications. A low dose irradiation by a large field followed by an early rest for the undisturbed reabsorption of the tumor and a high dose irradiation by a small field in the end is demonstrated as a possible alternative therapy in stage I and II.
D000328:Adult; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008722:Methods
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes
Strahlentherapie des Morbus Hodgkin bei ausgedehntem Mediastinalbefall.