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Radiation Oncology • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Medical Oncology • Lymphoma • Hodgkin Lymphoma
For AYA patients with early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma being treated with ABVD, how many cycles of chemotherapy do you administer, and when can radiation be avoided?
Have the RAPID or CALGB 5064 studies changed your treatment approach?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
It depends - favorable/unfavorable, distribution of disease, co-morbidities, gender, family history, etc. I don't treat pediatric patients, so the comment below applies strictly to young adults.If a patient has early-stage, favorable HL per GHSG criteria (no risk factors), then 2 cycles of ABVD + 20...
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Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
4 cycles without radiation therapy.