Abstract

The use of combined-modality therapy — doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) plus involved-field radiation therapy (IFRT) — yields a high cure rate for patients with stage I or II Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). However, each of these modalities poses risks for acute and delayed toxicities. At the American Society of Hematology 2009 meeting, the German Hodgkin Study Group reported preliminary results of a multicenter trial (HD10) showing that therapy de-escalation minimized treatment-related complications yet retained high cure rates in early-stage HL …

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