title: Long-term results of curative irradiation in pathologically staged IA and IIA Hodgkin disease.
abstract: One hundred seventy-six patients with pathologically staged IA and IIA Hodgkin disease (HD) treated with irradiation alone were evaluated for long-term survival and freedom from relapse (FFR). Most of the patients received treatment to mantle and paraaortic fields; chemotherapy was not given except as salvage therapy. For pathologically staged IA disease, the 5-, 10-, and 15-year survival rates were 94%; the corresponding FFR rates were 96%, 93%, and 93%. For pathologically staged IIA disease, respective survival rates were 93%, 89%, and 80%, with FFR rates of 86%, 84%, and 84%. Twenty-one patients (12%) had relapse of HD; salvage therapy was successful in 11 of these patients. Pelvic recurrence was uncommon (three of 176 cases [2%]). No patient developed leukemia, and only two patients developed second malignancies (lung cancer in both cases). The authors conclude that radiation therapy is effective in treatment of early-stage HD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Hartsell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarin
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Recine
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kazlauskas
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Galinsky
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Griem
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local