Article: Second malignancy following successful treatment for Hodgkin's disease: case report and literature review
Abstract
A 32-year-old male with a low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the ascending colon presented 5 years after the successful treatment of Hodgkin's disease HD). According to the literature, the occurrence of a second primary cancer is a great problem in the survivors of HD, which is the result of immunosuppression due to the disease itself or following chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for it. Therefore, patients with HD must be followed-up regularly and for lifelong.
Keywords: Second cancer, Hodgkin's disease, Chemotherapy, Follow-up
Yogendra Singh
Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Pradeep Vaidya
Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Uttam Shrestha
Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Geeta Sayami
Department of Pathology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Anil Kumar
Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof. Mahesh Khakurel
Department of Surgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Second cancer, Hodgkin's disease, Chemotherapy, Follow-up
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https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.97
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