Chemotherapy And Radiotherapy Should Be Standard Treatment For Localised Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Dec 6th 2007Drug InformationLymphoma / Leukemia
A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, rather than radiotherapy alone, should now be considered standard treatment for all patients with localised Hodgkin’s lymphoma where the tumour is situated above the diaphragm, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial. Furthermore, the trial results suggest that radiotherapy need only target areas directly involved in the cancer, sparing more extensive treatment of surrounding tissue. [click link for full article]
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