Reduced Treatment Intensity in Patients with Early-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Andreas Engert,
Annette Plütschow,
Hans Theodor Eich,
Andreas Lohri,
Bernd Dörken,
Peter Borchmann,
Bernhard Berger,
Richard Greil,
Kay Willborn,
Martin Wilhelm,
Jürgen Debus,
Michael J. Eble,
Martin Sökler,
Antony D. Ho,
Andreas Rank,
Arnold Ganser,
Lorenz Trümper,
Carsten Bokemeyer,
Hartmut Kirchner,
Jörg Schubert,
Zdeněk Král,
Michael Fuchs,
Hans–Konrad Müller–Hermelink,
RolfPeter Müller,
Volker Diehl
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1000067
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , regimen , lymphoma , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , oncology , hodgkin lymphoma , randomized controlled trial , intensity (physics) , paleontology , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Whether it is possible to reduce the intensity of treatment in early (stage I or II) Hodgkin's lymphoma with a favorable prognosis remains unclear. We therefore conducted a multicenter, randomized trial comparing four treatment groups consisting of a combination chemotherapy regimen of two different intensities followed by involved-field radiation therapy at two different dose levels.
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