ABVD alone versus radiation-based therapy in limited-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 11, 2011

Authors

Ralph M Meyer1, Mary K Gospodarowicz, Joseph M Connors, Robert G Pearcey, Woodrow A Wells, Jane N Winter, Sandra J Horning, A Rashid Dar, Chaim Shustik, Douglas A Stewart, Michael Crump, Marina S Djurfeldt, Bingshu E Chen, Lois E Shepherd, NCIC Clinical Trials Group, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer Research Institute, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. rmeyer@ctg.queensu.ca

Associated clinical trials:

HD10 for Early Stages | NCT00265018

Radiation Therapy With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Stage I or Stage II Hodgkin's Lymphoma | NCT00379041

Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Disease | NCT00002561

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