Proof: Quality in clinical trials
Paediatric Oncology Group clinical trial 8725
Trial/Study question
:
Importance of consolidation radiation
management in intermediate and risk patients with HL
Patients were
randomized for radiation therapy
to all sites
of original disease defined on imaging
after completing 8
cycles
of alternating
chemo
Results (Clinical Oncology 1999):
No difference
in survival
between both arms (Chemo+RT; Chemo)