Alternating MOPP and ABVD chemotherapy plus mantle-field radiation therapy in patients with massive mediastinal Hodgkin's disease.
Longo D, Glatstein E, Duffey P, Young R, Ihde D, Bastian A, Wilson W, Wittes R, Jaffe E, Hubbard S, DeVita V. Alternating MOPP and ABVD chemotherapy plus mantle-field radiation therapy in patients with massive mediastinal Hodgkin's disease. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 1997, 15: 3338-46. PMID: 9363863, DOI: 10.1200/jco.1997.15.11.3338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBleomycinChildCombined Modality TherapyDacarbazineDisease-Free SurvivalDoxorubicinFemaleHodgkin DiseaseHumansMaleMechlorethamineMediastinal NeoplasmsMiddle AgedPrednisoneProcarbazineProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVinblastineVincristineConceptsMantle field radiation therapyDisease-free survivalLarge mediastinal massMediastinal Hodgkin's diseaseHodgkin's diseaseABVD chemotherapyRadiation therapyOverall survivalMediastinal massMOPP/ABVDSecond solid tumorsTreatment-related pneumonitisComplete response rateAnn Arbor stageClinical prognostic factorsErythrocyte sedimentation rateTreatment of patientsAge 35 yearsLactate dehydrogenase levelsABVD therapyDacarbazine (ABVD) chemotherapyMedian followMOPP chemotherapySalvage therapyB symptoms