Event Title
Breast Cancer in a Women Survivor 31 Years after Thoracic Radiation of Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Location
Philadelphia
Start Date
11-5-2016 1:00 PM
Description
Last year, approximately 9,050 men and women were diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL). An estimated 189,626 people are currently living with HL and approximately 44% of those patients are under the age of thirty five. In 85% of cases treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation HL is curable. However, there various long term risks associated with therapeutic radiation exposure. With limited research and guidelines available for these high risk patients, many are unaware not only of their increase risk for secondary malignancies but also when and how to screen for these cancers.
Breast Cancer in a Women Survivor 31 Years after Thoracic Radiation of Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Philadelphia
Last year, approximately 9,050 men and women were diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL). An estimated 189,626 people are currently living with HL and approximately 44% of those patients are under the age of thirty five. In 85% of cases treated with chemotherapy and/or radiation HL is curable. However, there various long term risks associated with therapeutic radiation exposure. With limited research and guidelines available for these high risk patients, many are unaware not only of their increase risk for secondary malignancies but also when and how to screen for these cancers.