The authors express their gratitude to all the members of the Medical Oncology, Hematology, Radiotherapy, and Pathology Divisions at the Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre for their collaboration. They also thank Prof. W. P. Steward for critical reviewing of the article.
Late relapses in hodgkin disease
β Scribed by Jeffrey R. Kanofsky; Harvey M. Golomb; James E. Vardiman; Donald L. Sweet; John E. Ultmann
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 357 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Among a cohort of 142 patients with Hodgkin disease (HD), pathologic stages (PS) IA through IVB, 84 remained in complete remission (CR) at least 3 years after the completion of initial protocol therapy. Eight of these patients subsequently developed a recurrence of HD and were defined as having a late relapse. The diseaseβfree interval ranged from 37 to 76 months (median 53 months). Six of the relapse patterns were those of dissemination. All patients were salvaged and are in CR from 14 to 50 months after relapse. The actuarial survival, measured from the time of relapse, of the eight lateβrelapsing patients was superior to the actuarial survival of 38 patients with early relapse (diseaseβfree interval less than 36 months), but as yet this difference is not statistically significant (P = 0.07, Gehan).
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