Recent Advances on Treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma -Review / 中国实验血液学杂志

ABSTRACT

Outstanding progress has been achieved in the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma in recent years, most of patients can be cured by using modern therapy. However, more and more attentions have been paid on treatment-related complications, the current treatment strategies are focusing on further improving treatment efficacy, while reducing treatment-related toxicity. It is still to be determined whether interim PET imaging could directly judge the therapeutic response so as to make the individualized treatment programs for the patients, for instance through intensifying or abbreviating chemotherapy regimens and/or omitting radiotherapy. The emergence of some novel highly effective targeted drugs might offer hope for the relapsed and refractory patients. In this review, the recent advances on the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma are summaried.