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How do you approach fit patients with quickly relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (disease-free interval less than or equal to one year) after 6 cycles of ABVD and radiation therapy?

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)?
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Medical Oncology · Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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As of this point in 2018 such patients are curable only with high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant and then only if they are in chemosensitive relapse. Accordingly, I would have the transplanters see the patient at once and follow their recommendation regarding the pre-transplant regimen ...

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