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.
Al-Shemmari
Salem H
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. salem@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
Al-Humood
Salah A
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Muralidharan
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KC
Varghese
V A
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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