Doses to Carotid Arteries After Modern Radiation Therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma: Is Stroke Still a Late Effect of Treatment?

Conclusions: INRT reduces the dose delivered to the carotid arteries and corresponding estimated risk of stroke for HL survivors. Even for the subset of patients with lymphoma close to the carotid arteries, the estimated risk is low.

Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - August 2, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Maja V. Maraldo, Patrick Brodin, Marianne C. Aznar, Ivan R. Vogelius, Per Munck af Rosenschöld, Peter M. Petersen, Lena Specht Tags: Lymphomas Source Type: research