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?
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Radiation Oncology · Duke University Medical Center
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...