title: Long-term (15 years) results of extended field radiotherapy in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: From 1975 to 1990, 214 patients with the pathological Stage IA, IB, IIA, IIB and IIIA of Hodgkin's disease were treated by supradiaphragmatic and/or infradiaphragmatic mantle technique. Complete remission was achieved in 70 patients (8%) by means of radiotherapy only. Partial remission was achieved in 9 patients (2%). The survival at 10 years was 86% and 15 years it was 66%. The most frequent late complications were hypothyreosis, Lhermitte's syndrome and radiation pneumonitis.
authors.affiliation: Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine, Bratislava. Slovak Republic. lsevciko@ouse.sk
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Sevcíková
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boljesíková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chorváth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kovacicová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors