Hodgkin Disease

Major NCI study finds increased risk of cancer in long-term survivors

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 29th, 2002

An international study of more than 32,000 Hodgkin disease patients has shown that long-term survivors of the disease have double the normal risk of developing a subsequent cancer later in life.

Researchers led by the National Cancer Institute measured the risk of these "second cancers" among Hodgkin disease survivors using data from cancer registries in the U.S., Canada, and four Nordic countries. The research, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology tracked cancer incidence and had among the longest follow-up periods of any study to date. Of the study population, 1111 patients were followed for 25 years or longer.

The study found...

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