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Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)

  • Updated: 05/03/2013

Table 2. Criteria Used for the Classification of Risk Groups in Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Clinical Trialsa

Trial Low Risk Intermediate Risk High Risk 
Children's Oncology Group
AHOD0031 [17]IA bulk or E; IB; IIA bulk or E; IIB; IIIA, IVA
AHOD0431 [18]IA, IIA with no bulk
AHOD0831 IIIB, IVB
C5942 [19]IA, IB, IIA with no bulk, no hilar nodes and <4 sitesIA, IB, IIA with bulk, hilar nodes or ≥4 sites; IIIIV
C59704 [20]IIB/IIIB with bulk, IV
P9425/P9426 [21]IA, IIA with no bulkIB, IIA, IIIA1 with bulk; IIIA2IIB, IIIB, IV
German Multicenter/Euronet
GPOH-HD 95; GPOH-HD 2002; PHL-C1 [3,22,23]1A/B, IIAIEA/B;IIEA; IIB; IIIAIIEB; IIIEA/B; IIIB; IV
Stanford/St. Jude/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Consortium
HOD05 IB, IIIA, IA/IIA with E, ≥3 sites or bulk
HOD08 IA, IIA with no bulk, E and <3 sites
HOD99 IIB, IIIB, IV

E = extralymphatic.
aAdapted from Kelly.[16]

References

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