Question

A 68-year-old with lymphadenopathy, night sweats, fever, and weight loss. Lymph node biopsy confirms Hodgkin lymphoma. The presence of Reed-Sternberg cells is characteristic. What is the next step in management?

Accepted Answer

Staging investigations (including PET-CT)

Answer

Excisional biopsy of another node

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Immediate chemotherapy without staging

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Radiotherapy to the lymph node site only

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Steroid therapy alone

Practice question

A 68-year-old with lymphadenopathy, night sweats, fever, and weight loss. Lymph node biopsy confirms Hodgkin lymphoma. The presence of Reed-Sternberg cells is characteristic. What is the next step in management?