RESULTS OF INTENSIVE REGIONAL RADIATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE AND THE MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS OF THE HEAD AND NECK

Abstract

The results of intensive regional radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease and the malignant lymphomas clinically limited to the head and neck regions have been reviewed in 63 patients admitted prior to January 1, 1959. The 5 and 10 year survival figures for the entire group are 46 and 35.5 per cent. The radiation therapy approach to the treatment of involvement of the head and neck has been considered from the standpoint of location and extent of disease, radiation therapy techniques, tumor dose, and total treatment time. Prognosis has been discussed in terms of histology, age, and extent of local involvement.