scholarly journals Treatment of advanced Hodgkin’s disease with COPP/ABV/IMEP versus COPP/ABVD and consolidating radiotherapy: final results of the German Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Study Group HD6 trial

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sieber ◽  
H. Tesch ◽  
B. Pfistner ◽  
U. Rueffer ◽  
U. Paulus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Lymphoma Study Group ◽  
Advanced Hodgkin’S Disease

Bone marrow involvement in Hodgkin's disease: an analysis of 135 consecutive cases. German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group.

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Munker ◽  
D Hasenclever ◽  
O Brosteanu ◽  
E Hiller ◽  
V Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Bone Marrow Involvement ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Prognostic Relevance ◽  
Lymphoma Study Group

PURPOSE To describe the incidence of primary bone marrow involvement (BMI) in Hodgkin's disease (HD) and its correlation with clinical and laboratory features present at diagnosis, and to evaluate the prognostic relevance of BMI. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1983 and 1991, 2,307 patients with HD were treated according to two trial generations (HD1-3 and HD4-6) of the German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (GHSG). RESULTS One hundred thirty-five cases of primary BMI were observed. The incidence of BMI was 4.8% in the HD4-6 study generation, which included all stages. Among stage IV patients, 32% had BMI. Among those with BMI, other organs were also involved in 33%. Among all patients, the presence of BMI was significantly associated with B symptoms, lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm, mixed cellularity histologic subtype, leukocytopenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level more than 400 U/L, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) more than 40 mm/h. BMI was negatively correlated with a large mediastinal tumor (3.7% v 20.0% in non-BMI cases). Eighty-seven of 108 (81%) assessable patients with BMI achieved a complete remission (CR). This compares favorably with the overall CR rate in all stage IIIB/IV patients. Among stage IV patients, BMI has no prognostic relevance with regard to freedom from treatment failure and overall survival. Twenty-one patients with BMI relapsed after having achieved a CR. Only five of these (24%) again had a positive bone marrow biopsy. CONCLUSION The prognosis of patients with BMI is not worse than the prognosis of other advanced-stage HD patients. BMI alone does not define a special high-risk group in which a different treatment approach is indicated.

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma After Primary Hodgkin’s Disease in the German Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Study Group: Incidence, Treatment, and Prognosis

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 2026-2032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Rueffer ◽  
Andreas Josting ◽  
Jeremy Franklin ◽  
Michael May ◽  
Markus Sieber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Large Cell ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Lymphoma Study Group ◽  
First Diagnosis

PURPOSE: The cumulative incidence for non-Hodgkin lymphoma’s (NHL) after primary Hodgkin’s disease (HD) ranges between 1% and 6%. To investigate the course of disease for secondary NHL, we retrospectively analyzed patients treated within clinical trials of the German Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Study Group (GHSG) since 1981. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From 1981 to 1998, the GHSG conducted three generations of clinical trials for the treatment of primary HD involving a total of 5,406 patients. Reference histology by an expert panel was obtained for 4,104 of the patients. Data on incidence, treatment, and outcome of secondary NHL were updated in March 1999. RESULTS: At first diagnosis of HD, the pathologists rejected 114 (2.1%) of 5,520 cases initially diagnosed as HD and rediagnosed them as primary NHL. Fifty-two (0.9%) of the remaining 5,406 patients developed a secondary NHL. One patient was excluded from further analyses because of insufficient documentation. Six patients had no further therapy because of patient refusal (n = 1) or rapidly progressive disease (n = 5). For the remaining 45 patients, overall response rate was 43% (36% complete response and 7% partial response). The actuarial 2-year freedom from treatment failure (FFTF) and overall survival (OS) for all patients was 24% and 30%, respectively, and for patients with diffuse large-cell lymphoma, it was 28% and 35%, respectively. Time of occurrence of secondary NHL after first diagnosis of HD and variables employed in the age-adjusted International Prognostic Factor Index (IPFI) significantly influenced treatment outcome. CONCLUSION: In the GHSG, the incidence of secondary NHL with 0.9% is relatively low compared with previously reported series. The prognosis of secondary NHL seems dismal and is significantly influenced by time of occurrence and the age-adjusted IPFI. In a subset of patients with secondary NHL, long-term disease-free survival could be achieved.

scholarly journals Hodgkin's disease and non-hodgkin's lymphoma containing reed-sternberg-like giant cells in Taiwan: A clinicopathologic analysis of 50 cases

Cancer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1254-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruey-Long Hong ◽  
Ih-Jen Su ◽  
Yao-Chang Chen ◽  
Hong-Chong Hsieh ◽  
Chiu-Hwa Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Giant Cells ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

High-dose carmustine, etoposide, and cisplatin and autologous bone marrow transplantation for relapsed and refractory lymphoma.

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1682-1689 ◽  
Author(s):  
H M Lazarus ◽  
P Crilley ◽  
N Ciobanu ◽  
R J Creger ◽  
R M Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin's Disease ◽  
Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Hodgkin’S Disease ◽  
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation ◽  
Autologous Bone Marrow ◽  
Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin’S Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma ◽  
Autologous Bone ◽  
Disease Free

PURPOSE We determined the toxicity and efficacy of a new preparative autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) regimen in patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 35 Hodgkin's disease patients 16 to 63 years of age were given intravenous carmustine (BCNU) 600 to 1,050 mg/m2, etoposide 2,400 to 3,000 mg/m2, and cisplatin 200 mg/m2 (BEP) and ABMT. Fifty-nine patients also received 15 to 20 Gy local radiation (involved-field radiotherapy [RI]) to active or previously bulky (> 5 cm) disease sites. RESULTS Nonhematologic toxicities included nausea, vomiting, high-tone hearing loss, stomatitis, esophagitis, diarrhea, and hepatic and pulmonary toxicity. Two patients died within 40 days of marrow infusion as a result of sepsis and one patient died 7 months after transplant as a result of pulmonary fibrosis. Complete remissions (CRs) were noted in 72% (n = 57) of patients (n = 33 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; n = 24 Hodgkin's disease). Forty patients (51%) remained alive and disease-free (n = 24 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; n = 16 Hodgkin's disease) at a median of 17 (range, 8 to 57) months after marrow reinfusion. CONCLUSIONS This regimen seems to be effective for relapsed lymphoma patients whose disease continues to exhibit chemotherapy sensitivity (16 of 24 [67%] disease-free). Furthermore, this regimen seems to be effective in patients who have never attained a CR (seven of 19 [37%] disease-free).

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