title: ABEP as primary chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: 20 untreated Hodgkin's disease patients and 1 patient relapsing after radiotherapy (17 stage IIB-IV and 4 stage I-IIA) were given doxorubicin, bleomycin, etoposide and prednisone on a 21-day cycle. The response rate was 95% and 16 patients (76%) achieved complete remission. 4 patients have relapsed 2, 5, 22 and 50 months after treatment. Survival was 100% at a median follow-up of 35 months. However, due to dyspnoea on exertion in 2 patients, bleomycin will be abandoned, and the occurrence of two second malignancies questions the role of etoposide as a leukaemogenic agent.
authors.affiliation: Division of Onco-Hematology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Zulian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mermillod
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alberto
mesh_terms: D015250:Aclarubicin; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000139:chemically induced; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D011239:Prednisolone; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D001761:Bleomycin; D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D005047:Etoposide; D015250:Aclarubicin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D011239:Prednisolone; D011241:Prednisone