[Secondary malignant tumors following treatment of Hodgkin's disease]

Secondary tumors were noted in 8 out of 675 patients with Hodgkin's disease during remission following treatment. The following diseases were diagnosed:acute myeloblastic leukemia (1), lung cancer (2), gastric cancer (3), cervical cancer (1), and basalioma (2). The incidence of secondary tumors among patients with Hodgkin's disease turned out to be much higher than in general population. Complications were more frequently observed in men after combined therapy (radio- and drug therapy).