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Source: Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment During Pregnancy (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: January 13, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment Options for Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy / Therapy During the First Trimester
Alternatively, these patients can receive radiation therapy with proper shielding.[10-13] Investigators at the MD Anderson Cancer Center reported no congenital abnormalities in 16 babies delivered after the mothers had received supradiaphragmatic radiation while the uterus was shielded with five half-value layers of lead.[14] Because of theoretical risks of the fetus developing future malignancies from even minimal scattered radiation doses outside the radiation field, postponing radiation therapy—if possible, until after delivery—should be considered.[15]
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