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Radiation therapy for leukemia
• Cranial irradiation for CNS disease in ALL
– To prevent relapse in brain (12-18 Gy/6-12 fractions)
– To treat disease in brain (18-24 Gy/10-16 fractions, with or without 6-12
Gy/3-8 fractions to spine)
• Testicular irradiation for disease in testes in ALL
– 24-26 Gy/12-18 fractions
• Splenic irradiation in chronic leukemias
– 1-10 Gy/10-100 fractions
• Total body irradiation as part of hematopoetic stem cell transplant
(for any leukemia, and other diseases)
– With or without any of the above