Full Body Surface Coverage with Water-Equivalent Bolus as Novel Technique for Total Body Irradiation before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Acute Lymphoid Leukemia

• Main Authors: Andrea Furka (Author), Zsofia Nagy (Author), Imre Szabó (Author), Gábor Fekete (Author), Ágnes Kelemen (Author), Gábor Bolobás (Author), Gábriel Sebők (Author), Tünde Molnár (Author), János Árvai (Author), Ilona Tornyi (Author), László Kostyál (Author), János Révész (Author), Peter Hauser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Total body irradiation (TBI) 2 × 2 Gy for 3 consecutive days followed by chemotherapy for conditioning pediatric patients with acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) before bone marrow transplantation is superior to chemo-conditioning alone. The globally used anterior-posterior/posterior-anterior...