Berthe M P Aleman

..The use of involved-field radiotherapy after chemotherapy for advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma is controversial...

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..In patients with gastric DLBCL conservative treatment with anthracycline-based chemotherapy alone or in combination with involved-field radiotherapy has become the therapy of choice...

..The purpose of this study was to describe the role of radiotherapy in patients with advanced HL who were in partial remission (PR) after chemotherapy...

..Because treatment always has side effects to some extent, awareness of possible late effects after treatment remains important for patients and treating physicians...

..To evaluate the roles of radiation dose, chemotherapy, and other factors in the etiology of stomach cancer in long-term survivors of testicular cancer or Hodgkin lymphoma...

..We quantified the long-term risk of cerebrovascular disease associated with the use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma and explored potential pathogenic mechanisms...

..To compare radiotherapy and chemotherapy effects on long-term risks of second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in testicular cancer (TC) survivors...

..We assessed the long-term risk of breast cancer (BC) after treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). We focused on the volume of breast tissue exposed to radiation and the influence of gonadotoxic chemotherapy (CT)...

..As long as alkylating agents will be used for curing HL, premature menopause will remain a frequent adverse treatment effect, with various clinical implications...

..The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate toxicity and efficacy of 3 chemoradiation regimens...

..The aim of this study was to reduce this toxicity using a combination of low-intensity chemotherapy and involved-field radiotherapy (IF-RT) without jeopardizing disease control...

..Few studies have examined whether modern radiotherapy and chemotherapy affect the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC), and results are inconclusive...

..Few data on long-term cardiovascular disease risk according to specific radiation fields are available, and interaction with known cardiovascular risk factors has not been examined...

..HT is associated with an increased risk of stroke. Radiation fields including the carotid artery do not seem to increase the risk of stroke compared with other fields...

..The evidence for radiotherapy as cause for mesothelioma independent of exposure to asbestos is expanding, and the diagnosis of mesothelioma should be kept in mind whenever related symptoms arise in patients who had previous irradiation...

..Patients irradiated after 1979 experience low (postmastectomy RT) or no (postlumpectomy RT) excess mortality from CVD...

..Because of the relatively high risks of late treatment complications, recommendations for follow-up for survivors of testicular cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma are necessary...

..Intervention in modifiable cardiovascular risk factors is especially important in TC survivors. Whether BEP treatment increases CVD risk should be evaluated after more prolonged follow-up...

..To evaluate long-term results of stomach-conserving therapy and to assess the value of histological probable minimal residual disease (pMRD) in predicting outcome in patients with gastric MALT lymphoma...

..Increased risk of death from SCs and CVDs was found especially in patients treated before age 21, but these risks seemed to abate with age...

..Anthracyclines further increase the elevated risks of CHF and valvular disorders from mediastinal radiotherapy...

..In addition an increase in density of FOXP3 + cells (i.e. Tregs) was seen (p = 0.047). These alterations in different T-cell subsets were not observed in gastric biopsy samples of patients treated with HP-eradication only...

..Considerable discussion is ongoing on the treatment of primary and relapsed disease...

..We examined the effects of two polymorphisms, TGFβ1 29C>T and PAI-1 5G>4G, on CVD incidence...

..This study evaluates the outcome of such recurrences after initial treatment by cytoreduction and HIPEC...

..Female survivors of Hodgkin's disease (HD) have a strongly elevated risk of breast cancer, but factors responsible for the increased risk are not well known...

..The objective of our study was to evaluate the results of esophageal cancer surgery in our institute and to compare these results with published data from high-surgical-volume institutions...

..We evaluated the impact of radiotherapy on outcome in PR patients treated in four successive European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer trials for aggressive NHL...

..To assess the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after postlumpectomy irradiation restricted to tangential fields...

..Since brachytherapy was also associated with fewer complications than stent placement, we recommend it as the primary treatment for palliation of dysphagia from oesophageal cancer...