PET Based Response Adapted Treatment in Pediatric HD Can Significantly Reduce Use of Radiation Therapy: A Study from Kuwait Cancer Control Centre, Kuwait

Background: The survival for pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HD) has reached nearly 90% in last decade. The focus of treatment in HD has now shifted to preventing long term side effects due to radiation and chemotherapy. The EuroNet -PHL C1 protocol for treatment of pediatric HD is an effort in this direction, which aims at reducing the usage of radiation therapy, limiting the dose of anthracycline, and avoiding use of procarbazine. KCCC in Kuwait is the only comprehensive cancer centre in Kuwait. It has a well established pediatric oncology unit. This protocol was adopted once the PET scan became operational in 2…