Khushali Jhaveri, Assistant Professor of Medicine at IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, shared a post on X:
“Cured of Hodgkin lymphoma young but 20 years later, heart failure risk ~6.9x higher than peers.
IHD: 8.3% vs 2.8%
Highest risk: anthracyclines + mediastinal radiation.
PET-adapted, reduced-radiation – lower long-term cardiac events survivorship care is not optional.”
Title: Long-term cardiac morbidity in adolescent and young adult survivors of classical Hodgkin lymphoma: the British Columbia experience
Authors: Kristin C. Marr, Terry Tang, Jonathan Simkin, Jewon Kim, Andrea C. Lo, Diego Villa, Alina S. Gerrie, Greg Hapgood, David W. Scott, Laurie H. Sehn, Ryan R. Woods, Kerry J. Savage
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