High Risk of Subsequent Neoplasms Continues With Extended Follow-Up of Childhood Hodgkin’s Disease: Report From the Late Effects Study Group

Additional follow-up of this large cohort of HD survivors documents an increasing occurrence of known radiation-associated solid tumors, (breast and thyroid cancers), as well as emergence of epithelial neoplasms common in adults, (colon and lung cancers) at a younger age than expected in the general population, necessitating ongoing surveillance of this high risk population.