Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Disease after Involved Node Radiotherapy versus Mantle Field for Hodgkin Lymphoma
MV Maraldo, NP Brodin, IR Vogelius... - International Journal of ..., 2012 - Elsevier Purpose Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors are known to have increased cardiac mortality and morbidity. The risk of developing cardiovascular disease after involved node radiotherapy (INRT) is currently unresolved, inasmuch as present clinical data are derived ... [PDF]
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors are known to have increased cardiac mortality and morbidity. The risk of developing cardiovascular disease after involved node radiotherapy (INRT) is currently unresolved, inasmuch as present clinical data are derived from patients treated with the outdated mantle field (MF) technique.
We included all adolescents and young adults with supradiaphragmatic, clinical Stage I II HL treated at our institution from 2006 to 2010 (29 patients). All patients were treated with chemotherapy and INRT to 30 to 36 Gy. We then simulated a MF plan for each patient with a prescribed dose of 36 Gy. A logistic dose response curve for the 25-year absolute excess risk of cardiovascular disease was derived and applied to each patient using the individual dose volume histograms.
The mean doses to the heart, four heart valves, and coronary arteries were significantly lower for INRT than for MF treatment. However, the range in doses with INRT treatment was substantial, and for a subgroup of patients, with lymphoma below the fourth thoracic vertebrae, we estimated a 25-year absolute excess risk of any cardiac event of as much as 5.1%.
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