New hope for kids with hodgkin lymphoma: shorter treatment trial shows promise

NCT ID NCT00846742

Summary

This study is testing whether a shorter, 8-week chemotherapy regimen works as well as longer treatments for children with favorable-risk Hodgkin lymphoma. Some patients who still show cancer after chemotherapy also receive targeted, low-dose radiation. The goal is to effectively control the cancer while potentially reducing the overall treatment burden and side effects for young patients.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical Center

    Peoria, Illinois, 61637, United States

  • Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Maine Children's Cancer Program (MCCP)

    Scarborough, Maine, 04074, United States

  • Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Rady Children's Hospital- San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

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