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Can radiotherapy be omitted in patients with localized hodgkin lymphoma?

Radiation therapy has a dramatic effect on lymphomas, and has played an important role in treating Hodgkin lymphoma during the past 50 years. Over the past decade, however, many oncologists have begun to replace radiation therapy—which may be considered unnecessary, too toxic, or too inconvenient—with additional cycles of systemic therapy. Do patients with localized Hodgkin lymphoma need radiotherapy? Or do patients continue to benefit from a combination of radiation therapy and the use of systemic agents? The answer is not black and white for our discussants. David J. Straus, MD takes the point of view that radiation therapy is more harmful than clinicians may realize and should be omitted in most of these patients, whereas Eli Glatstein, MD, and John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD, maintain that modern radiation therapy is safe and beneficial for patients at high risk for recurrence. Can Radiotherapy Be Omitted in Patients With Localized Hodgkin Lymphoma?