TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Radiation Therapy in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma
T2 - Guidelines From the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group
AU - Constine, Louis S
AU - Yahalom, Joachim
AU - Ng, Andrea K
AU - Hodgson, David C
AU - Wirth, Andrew
AU - Milgrom, Sarah A
AU - Mikhaeel, N George
AU - Eich, Hans Theodor
AU - Illidge, Tim
AU - Ricardi, Umberto
AU - Dieckmann, Karin
AU - Moskowitz, Craig H
AU - Advani, Ranjana
AU - Mauch, Peter M
AU - Specht, Lena
AU - Hoppe, Richard T
N1 - Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) challenges clinicians to devise treatment strategies that are effective and safe. This problem is particularly prominent in an era when de-escalation trials are designed to minimize therapeutic toxicities in both early- and advanced-stage disease. Radiation therapy is the single most effective treatment modality for HL, and its integration into salvage regimens, or its independent use in select patients, must be understood to maximize our success in treating these patients. The complexity of treating relapsed or refractory HL derives from the spectrum of primary treatment approaches currently in use that creates heterogeneity in both treatment exposure and the potential toxicities of salvage therapy. Patients can have relapsed or refractory disease after limited or aggressive primary therapy (with or without radiation therapy), at early or delayed time points, with limited or extensive disease volumes, and with varying degrees of residual morbidity from primary therapy. Their response to salvage systemic therapy can be partial or complete, and the use of consolidative stem cell transplantation is variably applied. New biologics and immunotherapeutic approaches have broadened but also complicated salvage treatment approaches. Through all of this, radiation therapy remains an integral component of treatment for many patients, but it must be used effectively and judiciously. The purpose of this review is to describe the different treatment scenarios and provide guidance for radiation dose, volume, and timing in patients with relapsed or refractory HL.
AB - Relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) challenges clinicians to devise treatment strategies that are effective and safe. This problem is particularly prominent in an era when de-escalation trials are designed to minimize therapeutic toxicities in both early- and advanced-stage disease. Radiation therapy is the single most effective treatment modality for HL, and its integration into salvage regimens, or its independent use in select patients, must be understood to maximize our success in treating these patients. The complexity of treating relapsed or refractory HL derives from the spectrum of primary treatment approaches currently in use that creates heterogeneity in both treatment exposure and the potential toxicities of salvage therapy. Patients can have relapsed or refractory disease after limited or aggressive primary therapy (with or without radiation therapy), at early or delayed time points, with limited or extensive disease volumes, and with varying degrees of residual morbidity from primary therapy. Their response to salvage systemic therapy can be partial or complete, and the use of consolidative stem cell transplantation is variably applied. New biologics and immunotherapeutic approaches have broadened but also complicated salvage treatment approaches. Through all of this, radiation therapy remains an integral component of treatment for many patients, but it must be used effectively and judiciously. The purpose of this review is to describe the different treatment scenarios and provide guidance for radiation dose, volume, and timing in patients with relapsed or refractory HL.
KW - Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
KW - Hodgkin Disease/diagnostic imaging
KW - Humans
KW - Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods
KW - Radiation Injuries/prevention & control
KW - Radiotherapy Dosage
KW - Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
KW - Recurrence
KW - Salvage Therapy/methods
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.01.011
M3 - Review
C2 - 29722655
SN - 0360-3016
VL - 100
SP - 1100
EP - 1118
JO - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
JF - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
IS - 5
ER -