Clinical and Treatment Results of a Group of Children Diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma in a Single Brazilian Institution

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a heterogeneous disease. The treatment of HL relies on multimodality treatment. There is no Brazilian pediatric protocol for HL. Most of the centers treat their patients with a combination of Chemotherapies (CH) base on ABDV ± OPPA ± radiotherapy (RDT), with good but not uniform results. The aim of this study was to characterize clinical and treatment features of a group of children diagnosed with HL at Hospital Amaral Carvalho (HAC), Jau, SP, Brazil. Between June 1996 and June 2013, 662 cases of HL were diagnosed at HAC. Among these 150 were children and adolescents. 54 patients were ex…