Hodgkin's disease: a follow-up study of patients surviving more than twenty years after the original diagnosis

Increasing frequency of acute myeloid leukemia complicating Hodgkin's disease: a review

Between the years 1911 and 1969, there were 16 reported cases of Hodgkin's disease terminating in acute myeloid leukemia. During the period from 1970 to 1978, the number reported was 161. Other severe complications of Hodgkin's disease (second malignancies and infections) also seem to appear with increased frequency after the introduction of modern aggressive high-energy radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy. It is thus desirable to search for alternative methods of treatment of Hodgkin's disease.

Death from Hodgkin's disease after 18 years' complete remission

Survival studies on series of patients with Hodgkin's disease have indicated that localized disease and certain histologic types are associated with a favorable prognosis. The permanency of cure in such instances has seldom been proved by long-term followup and autopsy; there is evidence that the disease may remain dormant for considerable periods, with the attendant risk of recurrence. A case is reported wherein a patient was relapse-free for 18 years prior to fatal recurrence, which was confirmed by autopsy.