High incidence of late effects found in Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors, following recall for breast cancer screening.
Assessment of late effects in a cohort of female Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated with mantle radiotherapy, identified from the DoH breast cancer screening recall showed high mortality and frequent undiagnosed abnormalities in tissues affected by radiotherapy. With increasing age, this patient group may suffer premature cardiac and respiratory morbidity.
Greenfield
D M
DM
Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Road, Sheffield S10 2SJ, UK.
Wright
J
J
Brown
J E
JE
Hancock
B W
BW
Davies
H A
HA
O'Toole
L
L
Eiser
C
C
Coleman
R E
RE
Ross
R J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000401:mortality*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000401:mortality*