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Would you consider use of upfront BV plus nivolumab to treat Hodgkin Lymphoma in elderly patients unable to receive standard chemotherapy?

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Medical Oncology · Hackensack University Medical Center

I would definitely consider BV/Nivo in frontline settings for elderly patients if no trial is available.

Prognosis is worse in elderly HL for several reasons - SOC chemotherapy is not well tolerated and biology of the disease is different (mixed cellularity being prevalent and more frequent EBV posit...

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