Low-dose radiation therapy and reduced chemotherapy in childhood Hodgkin's disease: the experience of the French Society of Pediatric Oncology.

Abstract

Present findings indicate that (1) in favorable stages, ABVD alone and alternating MOPP and ABVD are equivalent, and (2) chemotherapy followed by 20 Gy RT represents a valid therapeutic approach in the vast majority of children with Hodgkin's disease.