[Radiotherapy of Hodgkin's disease with extensive mediastinal involvement]

The radiotherapy of large mediastinal masses in Hodgkin's disease is connected with a high risk of marginal recurrences. Large radiation fields or the irradiation of the whole lung may be followed by pulmonary complications. A low dose irradiation by a large field followed by an early rest for the undisturbed reabsorption of the tumor and a high dose irradiation by a small field in the end is demonstrated as a possible alternative therapy in stage I and II.