Treatment for many patients is chemotherapy (usually 2 to 4 cycles of the ABVD regimen), followed by radiation to the initial site of the ...Whatpatientsandcaregiversneedtoknowabout cancer,coronavirus,andCOVID-19.CloseCriticalAlertBannerSearchVerenespañol|Downloadthistopic[PDF]TreatingHodgkinLymphomaChemotherapyforHodgkinLymphomaRadiationTherapyforHodgkinLymphomaImmunotherapyforHodgkinLymphomaHigh-doseChemotherapyandStemCellTransplantforHodgkinLymphomaTreatingClassicHodgkinLymphoma,byStageTreatingNodularLymphocyte-PredominantHodgkinLymphomaTreatingHodgkinLymphomainChildrenHodgkinLymphomaTreatmentDuringPregnancyCancerA-ZHodgkinLymphomaTreatingHodgkinLymphomaTreatingClassicHodgkinLymphoma,byStageThissectionsumsupthetreatmentoptionsforHodgkinlymphoma(HL)inadults,basedonthestageofcancer.Treatmentofthediseaseinchildrenisslightlydifferentfromthetreatmentforadults.SomeofthesedifferencesarediscussedinTreating HodgkinLymphomainChildren.ForteenswithHLwhoarefullygrown,thetreatmentisusuallythesameasthatforanadult.Treatmentoptionsdependonmanyfactors,including:ThetypeofHLThestage(extent)oftheHLWhetherornotthediseaseisbulky(large)WhetherthediseaseiscausingBsymptomsResultsofbloodtestsandotherlabtestsAperson’sageAperson’soverallhealthPersonalpreferencesBasedonthesefactors,aperson’streatmentmightbealittledifferentfromthegeneraloutlinebelow.MostexpertsagreethattreatmentinaclinicaltrialshouldbeconsideredforHLthatisresistanttotreatmentorcomesback(relapses)aftertreatment.StagesIAandIIA,favorableThisgroupincludesHLthatisonlyononesideofthediaphragm(aboveorbelow)andthatdoesn’thaveanyunfavorablefactors.Forexample:It'snotbulkyHLisinlessthan3differentlymphnodeareasItdoesn’tcauseanyoftheBsymptomsTheESR(erythrocytesedimentationrate)isnotelevatedTreatmentformanypatientsischemotherapy(usually2to4cyclesoftheABVDregimen),followedbyradiationtotheinitialsiteofthedisease(involvedsiteradiationtherapy,orISRT).Anotheroptionischemotherapyalone(usuallyfor3to6cycles)inselectedpatients.DoctorsoftenorderaPET/C