Treatment Options For Cardiovascular Disease
- Hodgkin's Disease - Treatment Options by Stage
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Prognosis
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy, which shrinks tumors, has been used to treat Hodgkin's disease for more than 50 years . High-dose radiation is generally reserved for adults. Radiation treatments are very toxic for children and appear to add little benefit. In young patients, radiation is mostly used if there are large areas of disease in the chest; otherwise, chemotherapy, which may be combined with low-dose radiation, is the best option and produces excellent survival rates.
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