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Are there any indications on advanced stage Hodgkins disease that one might consider stopping the bleomycin after first two cycles?

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Medical Oncology · Longstreet Clinic Cancer Center

The specific question was studied and the results published in NEJM June 2016 Barrington et al- Adapted treatment guided by PETCT in Advanced Hodkins Lymphoma

The results suggested non-inferiority from the standpoint of PFS when bleomycin was omitted after an interim PET/CT suggested no disease. Pati...

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