Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Hodgkin lymphoma survivors have increased risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, June 29th, 2009
The study was undertaken because information on clinically verified stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), or a "mini stroke," following Hodgkin lymphoma is limited.
In order to quantify the long-term risks, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Ph.D., of the Department of Epidemiology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues performed a retrospective cohort study among 2,201 Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. The patients, who had survived at...
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