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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2019

Controversies in the Approach to Initial Therapy of Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Pamela B Allen, Jane N Winter

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors.

Pamela B AllenDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. pallen5@emory.edu.
Jane N WinterDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAvailability of highly effective novel agents has altered the approach to initial therapy in patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). We will review controversies in the following areas: (1) the role of radiation in early unfavorable disease and the optimal treatment strategies for (2) advanced-stage disease and (3) elderly patients. RECENT

findingsStrategies incorporating brentuximab vedotin into frontline treatment of cHL yielded favorable results in non-randomized elderly studies and were compared to ABVD in advanced disease among adults. Meanwhile, four cycles of escalated BEACOPP yielded unprecedented favorable results for the treatment of advanced disease in the German Hodgkin Study Group 18 study. The addition of novel agents to conventional treatment strategies has the potential to improve outcomes in high-risk groups of patients while reducing toxicity. The role of radiation therapy remains in question but may see diminished use with the incorporation of more effective agents in the frontline setting.

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Age FactorsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrentuximab VedotinHodgkin DiseaseHumansPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBrentuximab VedotinBrentuximab vedotinCheckpoint inhibitorsHodgkin lymphomaImmunotherapyNivolumabPembrolizumab

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