Radiotherapy for early stage of Hodgkin's disease at Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the outcome of using radiotherapy (RT) alone to treat patients with early-stage Hodgkin's disease (HD).


METHODS
The records of 28 patients with HD treated with RT alone at Kuwait Cancer Control Center between 1980 and 1998 were reviewed.


RESULTS
Twenty-three patients had stage I HD and 5 stage II. Two patients had B symptoms, 12 (42.9%) patients lymphocyte-predominant histology, 9 (32.1%) nodular sclerosis and 7 (25%) mixed cellularity. Overall survival and relapse-free survival at 10 years were 100 and 83%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Our data indicate that the use of RT alone for treatment of early stages of HD appears to be effective.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. salem@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
Salem H
SH
Al-Shemmari
Salah A
SA
Al-Humood
K C
KC
Muralidharan
V A
VA
Varghese
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome