Medical Oncology

Hodgkin Lymphoma   

Questions discussed in this category



DLCO 65% that is of unclear etiology but not due to disease and no cardiac or pulmonary functional limitations.

Given nationwide shortage in vinblastine, several of my patients under active therapy are facing delays in their therapies. Is it appropriate to subst...

Do your recommendations differ between those who receive ABVD and escalated BEACOPP? Do you recommend consultation with fertility specialists for all...

Results of AHOD1331 are not yet known, but adults have started using Brentuximab upfront for high risk patients  

The current NCCN guideline version 2.2021 is a little confusing. On page HODG-2,  the clinical staging/risk classification did not include ESR, b...

NCCN recommends either ISRT with rituximab/chemotherapy or ISRT alone in this scenario.  What factors help your decision making?

There are conflicting reports of increased incidence of bleomycin-induced lung toxicity with G-CSF.

There are multiple regimens including IGEV and most recently reported results of BEGEV without preference on NCCN guidelines.

Would you still proceed to high-dose therapy and autologous SCT? Would you incorporate radiation pre- or post- transplant? Or offer additional salvag...

Would the site of disease relapse play a role in your decision (i.e. isolated lymph node recurrence versus failure at primary site of disease)?


Papers discussed in this category


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Blood, 2018-07-05

Blood,

Blood,

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Jun 25

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 2020 Jul 29