Total body irradiation and high-dose melphalan with bone marrow transplantation at Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

Involved-Field Irradiation in Combination with Total-Body Irradiation (TBI) Does Not Increase Short-Term Toxicity Compared to TBI Alone in Patients with Advanced-Stage Low-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

“…These figures are congruent with data from a prospective pulmonary assessment of 27 TBI patients which showed a transient subclinical decrease of the vital capacity, total lung capacity, and diffusing capacity within 6 months following TBI. There was a recovery of all parameters to normal values within 2 years [19]. In our study two patients had received mantle field irradiation prior to TBI.…”