Second Cancer Risk Up to 40 Years after Treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Michael Schaapveld,
Berthe M.P. Aleman,
Anna M. van Eggermond,
Cècile P.M. Janus,
Augustinus D. G. Krol,
Richard W.M. van der Maazen,
Judith M. Roesink,
John Raemaekers,
Jan Paul de Boer,
Josée M. Zijlstra,
Gustaaf W. van Imhoff,
Eefke Petersen,
Philip Poortmans,
Max Beijert,
Marnix L.M. Lybeert,
Ina Mulder,
Otto Visser,
Marieke W.J. Louwman,
Inge M. Krul,
Pieternella J. Lugtenburg,
Flora E. van Leeuwen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1505949
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , population , cancer , cohort , cumulative incidence , standardized mortality ratio , breast cancer , relative risk , non hodgkin's lymphoma , confidence interval , cohort study , cancer registry , lymphoma , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
Survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma are at increased risk for treatment-related subsequent malignant neoplasms. The effect of less toxic treatments, introduced in the late 1980s, on the long-term risk of a second cancer remains unknown.
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