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Review
. 2020 Jun 20;5(5):809-816.
doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.06.001. eCollection 2020 Sep-Oct.

Radiation Therapy for Advanced-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma

Natalie A Lockney  1 , Joanna C Yang  2
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Review

Radiation Therapy for Advanced-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma

Natalie A Lockney et al. Adv Radiat Oncol. .

Abstract

The backbone of treatment for patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma is systemic therapy. The use of radiation therapy as a component of combined-modality treatment in this setting is controversial. In this review, we describe the data in support of and against the use of radiation therapy for stage III and IV Hodgkin lymphoma. Specifically, we review the data for the use of radiation therapy in the consolidation and partial-response settings, including for patients with initial bulky disease. We also discuss the use of radiation therapy in the era of more modern systemic therapies, including checkpoint inhibitors and brentuximab vedotin.

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Schematic of a treatment algorithm for management of advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma in the positron emission tomography era.
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