Quality standard
Quality statement 3: First-line treatment for localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma
Quality statement 3: First-line treatment for localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma
Quality statement
Young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma have local radiotherapy as first-line treatment.
Rationale
Localised radiotherapy is the most effective first treatment for young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma. It has low toxicity and has the potential to cure a minority of young people and adults with this type of lymphoma.
Quality measures
The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.
Structure
Evidence of local arrangements to ensure that young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma have local radiotherapy as first-line treatment.
Data source: Local data collection.
Process
Proportion of young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma who receive local radiotherapy as first-line treatment.
Numerator – the number in the denominator who receive local radiotherapy as first-line treatment.
Denominator – the number of young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma.
Data source: National Radiotherapy Dataset and local data collection.
What the quality statement means for different audiences
Service providers (secondary care NHS hospital trusts) have processes in place to ensure that young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma are referred to radiotherapy services, which provide local radiotherapy for first-line treatment of lymphoma.
Healthcare professionals (such as clinical oncologists) perform local radiotherapy as first-line treatment for young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma.
Commissioners ensure that they commission services in which young people and adults with localised stage IIA follicular lymphoma have local radiotherapy as first-line treatment for lymphoma.
Young people and adults with stage 2A follicular lymphoma in one area of the body ('localised') have radiotherapy focused on that area as their first treatment option.
Source guidance
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline NG52 (2016), recommendation 1.3.1