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Table 3 Treatments

From: The role of radiotherapy in the management of POEMS syndrome

Variable

No. of case (%)

Median

Range

Radiotherapy

13 (100)

  

Irradiated site

   

 Spine

6 (46)

N/A

N/A

 Pelvic bone

5 (38)

N/A

N/A

 Lymph nodes

2 (15)

N/A

N/A

No. of irradiated bone lesions

   

 Single

7 (54)

1

1

 Multiple

6 (46)

4

2-6

Total dose, Gy

13 (100)

45

30-50

Fraction size, Gy

13 (100)

2

1.8-3

Chemotherapy

25 (100)

  

 Melphalan and prednisolone

4 (16)

N/A

N/A

 Vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone

2 (8)

N/A

N/A

 High-dose chemotherapy with APBSCT

15 (60)

N/A

N/A

 Others

4 (16)

N/A

N/A

  1. N/A, non applicable; APBSCT, autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.