A recent study led by a University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher suggests that many non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients can skip radiation in favor of a simpler course of treatment
Daniel Persky, MD, served as the lead investigator for the study administered by the SWOG Cancer Research Network (a clinical trials network funded by the National Cancer Institute). Results were presented Dec. 8 at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla
The study found U.S. patients diagnosed with the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), can safely skip radiation treatment after a clear positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Dr. Persky is associate director of clinical investigations and director, Clinical Trial Office – Tucson, at the UArizona Cancer Center. He specializes in hematology/oncology, particularly in lymphoid malignancies, such as lymphoma and CLL. In addition, he serves as an associate professor of medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson
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SWOG Cancer Research Network is part of the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network and the NCI Community Oncology Research Program, and is part of the oldest and largest publicly-funded cancer research network in the nation. SWOG has nearly 12,000 members in 47 states and six foreign countries who design and conduct clinical trials to improve the lives of people with cancer. SWOG trials have led to the approval of 14 cancer drugs, changed more than 100 standards of cancer care, and saved more than 3 million years of human life. Learn more at swog.org.