Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors: We Need to Do Better.
Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors: We Need to Do Better.
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霍奇金淋巴瘤幸存者:我们需要做得更好。
DOI:
10.1093/jnci/djaa196
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发表时间:
2021
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通讯作者:
Oeffinger,KevinC
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作者:
Henderson,TaraO;Oeffinger,KevinC
In this issue of the Journal, de Vries and colleagues (1) examined the cause-specific late mortality among a multicenter Dutch cohort of Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Although this study examines a population that has been extensively examined, and we know Hodgkin lymphoma carries a high risk of chronic health conditions, subsequent malignant neoplasms, and premature mortality, the breadth and details included in this analysis further inform care of Hodgkin lymphoma survivors and support the need for the development of novel approaches to treat patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma. This study has several important strengths, including a large number of Hodgkin survivors—almost 5000—with survivors diagnosed across a wide age spectrum, including childhood, adolescence, and young to mid-adulthood (1). Further, the cohort was diagnosed over a span of 3.5 decades, from 1965 to 2000, allowing the investigators to examine specific treatment eras that reflected substantial changes in the approach to Hodgkin lymphoma therapy. The investigators used cancer treatment exposure data to explore associations with cause-specific mortality.The sobering finding from this study is that by the age of 54years, Hodgkin lymphoma survivors had a cumulative mortality from non-Hodgkin causes that was similar to that of a 71-year-old in the general population (1). In other words, not only is the original cancer a threat to an individual but, after surviving the cancer, the late effects of the curative therapy substantially shorten one’s life span. Importantly, the most common causes of death are potentially preventable with early diagnosis of solid tumors, prevention, and early detection of cardiovascular disease and appropriate management of individuals with asplenia or splenic dysfunction. It was a bit disappointing to observe that although mortality from Hodgkin lymphoma has dramatically declined from the 1960s to the 1990s, mortality due to subsequent solid tumors and cardiovascular disease has not improved much. This reminds us that the intensity of therapy, particularly the use of radiotherapy, necessary to achieve a cure is toxic; this is indeed a vulnerable population. An important finding of the study is that although individuals diagnosed in
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28.4
作者:
Broeckelmann, Paul J.;Goergen, Helen;Engert, Andreas
通讯作者:
Engert, Andreas
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20.3
作者:
Herrera, Alex F.;Moskowitz, Alison J.;Advani, Ranjana H.
通讯作者:
Advani, Ranjana H.