Lung cancer following therapy for Hodgkin's disease.
We describe a patient in whom lung cancer developed several years after he had received combined-modality therapy for Hodgkin's disease. The literature concerning second malignant diseases, particularly thoracic tumours, that occur following combined-modality therapy for cancer is reviewed. It is important to recognize these entities, because chest symptoms or findings on x-ray films may be misinterpreted as representing late recrudescence of the first neoplastic disease.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary