Open AccessThe Case for Chemotherapy Alone for Limited‐Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Connors Joseph M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0228
Subject(s) - medicine , hodgkin lymphoma , lymphoma , chemotherapy , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , disease , radiation therapy , paleontology , biology
The Hodgkin's Disease.6 study is critically examined, and the question of whether or not radiation should be used at all in the treatment of patients with limited‐stage Hodgkin's lymphoma is argued to be more relevant than what type of radiation to use, given the remarkably good outcome with chemotherapy alone.