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Flow-sorting and Exome Sequencing of the Reed-Sternberg Cells of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
Published on: June 10, 2017
Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma
Kishan Patel1, Varun Iyengar, Alison Moskowitz
1Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
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Combined modality therapy (CMT; chemotherapy with consolidative radiation) has led to excellent long-term outcomes in patients with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. However, despite high cure rates, CMT can lead to significant long-term toxicity in a typically young patient population; as a result, there has been a push in the field to develop novel treatment strategies that can maintain robust patient survival while minimizing the risk of treatment-related complications. This has been primarily explored by 2 mechanisms: first, the use of response-adapted treatments based on interim FDG-PET/CT; and second, the incorporation of novel therapies, including the CD30-directed antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin (BV) and immune checkpoint blockade. In this article, we provide a historical review of the management of early-stage HL and discuss ongoing studies that may change the standard of care for this disease.
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