Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a rare hematologic malignancy with a bimodal distribution of incidence, with most patients diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 30 years and another peak in patients older than 55 years. It is estimated that in 2023, almost 9000 people were diagnosed with HL in the United States. Most patients will be cured using conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The treatment of HL has changed significantly over the past decade following the approval of highly effective novel therapies, including brentuximab vedotin and the checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) nivolumab and pembrolizumab. The increasing use of these novel therapies has resulted in decreased utilization of both autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in patients with HL. In this review, we discuss the role of stem cell transplantation in patients with HL, with a particular focus on recent data supporting allogeneic HCT as a curative option in patients who progress on or are intolerant to CPI treatment.

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