Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing
so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer
cells. Combining more than one drug with radiation therapy may kill more cancer cells. It is
not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is most effective in treating Hodgkin's
lymphoma.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different combination chemotherapy
regimens and comparing how well they work, with or without radiation therapy, in treating
patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma.