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Key inclusion criteria:
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1. Histological diagnosis of HD or NHL other than follicular grade I-II, small lymphocytic and marginal zone lymphoma; 2. Failure to achieve CR with first line therapy, or relapse after CR to first line therapy*; 3. No more than 2 lines (ie regimens) of cytoreduction chemotherapy; 4. At least a 50% reduction in the sum of products of tumour diameters following cytoreduction chemotherapy (NHL only); 5. Sites of failure confined to lymph nodes, spleen, Waldeyer's ring and limited extra-nodal sites (solitary soft tissue deposit or single bone or one kidney or extension from nodal site into contiguous lung, pleura, pericardium, neural structure or liver) that can be treated within a tolerable RT field (histological evidence of bone marrow relapse is also permissible); 6. Sites of failure are adequately documented for RT planning; 7. The patient is planned to undergo autologous transplantation; 8. Confirmation of adequate progenitor cell harvest (> 2x106 CD34+ve cells/Kg); 9. The patient's age is at least 18; 10. The patient's ECOG performance status is two or less; 11. The patient has provided written informed consent. |