[Results of comprehensive treatment of lymphogranulomatosis in children of various age groups].
The efficacy of combined treatment of 176 children of different age has been analyzed. All the children suffered from Hodgkin's disease which was treated according to protocols COPP, MOPP, DVPP, +radiotherapy, maintenance chemotherapy. The response to the treatment got worse at the age of prepuberty and puberty, e. g. younger children had recurrences in 19.2% of the cases, adolescents had in 33.3%. The latter more frequently died of the malignancy progression. It is concluded that children older than 13 years are at greater risk of bad Hodgkin's disease outcomes and need more intensive treatment programs.
Shcherbenko
O I
OI
Zelinskaia
N I
NI
Ardatova
G V
GV
Nechaeva
V N
VN
Parkhomenko
R A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
Rezul'taty kompleksnogo lecheniia limfogranulematoza u deteĭ raznykh vozrastnykh grupp.