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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Stephen Proctor, Professor Graham Jackson, Dr Anne Lennard, Dr Brian Angus, Dr Katrina Wood, Dr Helen Lucraft, Dr Kevin Windebank, Dr Penelope Taylor
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The Northern Region Lymphoma Group is a population-based group covering 3.1 million people in Northern England. From 1991 total data collection for all Hodgkin's disease patients for this population has been in place and it has been possible to demonstrate that the overall survival for Hodgkin's disease for younger patients within this population has moved from 80% pre-1988 to 87% post-1988. This improvement has been brought about by the introduction of clinical trials for advanced stage disease and effective salvage regimens. This report describes the outcome of 51 patients treated with the ifosfamide, etoposide and epirubicin (IVE) schedule and includes 28 males and 23 females with a median age of 34 years. Overall 43 of 51 patients responded to treatment (84%) with 31 achieving a complete response, four a good partial response and eight a partial response. Thirty-one proceeded to autologous stem-cell transplantation. In total, with a median follow-up of 24 months (range 6-51), 26 patients remain alive and in continuous remission. Haematological toxicity, in particular neutropenia WHO grade 4, was observed in all cases but improved over the three courses of treatment. Non-haematological toxicity was not a major problem, with no significant cardiac, hepatic, renal or neurotoxicity. We conclude that the high-dose ifosfamide-containing regimens should be prospectively evaluated in the various types of non-responsive and relapsing Hodgkin's disease.
Author(s): Proctor SJ, Jackson GH, Lennard AL, Angus B, Wood K, Lucraft HH, White J, Windebank K, Taylor PRA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Unknown
Journal: Annals of Oncology
Year: 2003
Volume: 14
Issue: Supplement 1
Pages: 47-50
Print publication date: 01/01/2003
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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdg710
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg710
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