Risk of Second Cancer in Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors

Since the introduction of high-energy radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the late 1960s, the 5-year survival rate for Hodgkin lymphoma patients has increased to more than 80%. Even if this disease is highly curable and treated patients have long survivorship, some studies indicate that Hodgkin lymphoma patients still have higher death rates than the general population. This may be attributed to various complications that may arise after treatment.

One of the most studied complications of Hodgkin lymphoma is the development of second cancers or cancers that are not recurrences of the first malignancy. This is because the excess …read more