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T‐cell non‐hodgkin's lymphoma after radiotherapy and chemotherapy for hodgkin's disease
Author(s) -
Lowenthal Raymond M.,
Harlow Roger W. H.,
Mead Anne E.,
Tuck Deirdre,
Challis David R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19811001)48:7<1586::aid-cncr2820480719>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , disease , non hodgkin's lymphoma , oncology , hodgkin lymphoma
A rapidly fatal T‐cell lymphoma developed in a 25‐year‐old man who, over a period of seven years, had been treated with radiotherapy and combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease (HD). Non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is increasingly being recognized as a late sequel of therapy for HD, but this is the first case in which NHL of T‐cell type has been identified in such circumstances.