Lymphomas

This presentation provides a practical, up-to-date overview of the evolving role of radiotherapy (RT) in the management of lymphoma, with a focus on emerging evidence and real-world clinical practice. Recent advances in systemic therapy, imaging, and radiotherapy techniques have reshaped how RT is integrated across lymphoma subtypes, disease stages, and treatment settings. The session reviews key data informing contemporary indications for RT, including consolidative, definitive, and salvage approaches, and discuss how these findings translate into everyday decisionmaking. Emphasis is placed on risk-adapted treatment strategies, modern target volume concepts, and dose optimization aimed at maintaining efficacy while minimizing toxicity. Practical considerations such as patient selection, timing of RT relative to systemic therapy, and challenges encountered in routine practice are highlighted through clinical scenarios. The talk also addresses areas of ongoing controversy and evolving practice, providing guidance on how to apply evidence in settings where data may be limited or patient factors complex. Overall, this session aims to equip clinicians with a pragmatic framework for delivering evidence-based, patient-centered radiotherapy for lymphoma in contemporary practice.

Target Audience

The meeting is designed to meet the interests of practicing radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents, medical and clinical physicists, radiation therapists, radiation dosimetrists, nurses and all other health professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:

  • Analyze contemporary clinical trial data and guideline recommendations to determine when radiotherapy should be incorporated into the management of common lymphoma subtypes.
  • Implement modern radiotherapy planning principles, including technique and dose-fractionation selection to optimize efficacy and minimize toxicity.
  • Identify and address common real-world practice gaps, such as patient selection, timing of RT relative to systemic therapy and managing urgent hematologic oncology cases.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
04/06/2026
Course expires: 
04/05/2028
Cost:
$0.00
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Moderator

  • Sue Yom, MD, MPH, FASTRO, University of California, San Francisco

Speaker

  • Andrea K. Ng, MD, MPH, FASTRO, Massachusettes General Brigham, Harvard Medical School

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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