Challenges of long-term follow up for Hodgkin lymphoma survivors 53

Hervé Ghesquières.
Abstract
Challenge of Hodgkin lymphoma care is to obtain a high level of curability and minimize acute toxicities and long-term complications of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A specific long-term multi-disciplinary follow-up should be organize with an important place of general practitioners. The follow-up concerns the risk of second cancer especially breast cancer and treatment-related cardiovascular diseases. In addition, a careful attention concerns some possible negative effects of the disease and treatments on psychosocial status and quality of life of Hodgkin lymphoma survivors.
Keywords : Hodgkin Disease.
September 2023
La revue du praticien n° Tome 73 / n° 10 PDF