Survival of Patients with Second Primary Hodgkin Lymphoma

The outcomes of patients with a second primary Hodgkin lymphoma after an antecedent malignancy have never been described. We used cancer registry data to compare survival between 821 patients with second primary Hodgkin lymphoma and 31,355 patients with first primary Hodgkin lymphoma. We found that survival outcomes were worse in the second primary Hodgkin lymphoma group, a novel finding.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Original Study Source Type: research