Changing priorities in Hodgkin's disease.

Changing priorities in Hodgkin's disease.

Changing paradigm and priorities

Ming-Sound Tsao, MD, FRCPC, is a Clinical Scientist in the Depart­ ment of Pathology, University Health Net work, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto. Email: [email protected] INTRoDuCTIoN Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide among males, and the second leading cause among females. In 2008, it accounted for 13% (1.6 million)...

Disease Priorities in Zambia

Dear Sir: I read with great interest the article by Ng and others entitled " Assessing the contribution of malaria vector control and other maternal and child health interventions in reducing all-cause under-five mortality in Zambia. " 1 Considering that malaria was possibly not the most important cause of death in children under 5 years of age (U5) in Zambia, and that maternal and child health...

Viral-related RNA in Hodgkins' disease and other human lymphomas.

Molecular hybridization with radioactively labeled DNA complementary to the RNA of the Rauscher leukemia virus was used to probe for homologous RNA in human lymphomas. 22 of 32 specimens contained RNA possessing homology to the RNA of the mouse leukemia virus, but not to that of the unrelated viruses causing mammary tumors in mice or myeloblastosis in chickens. Normal adult and fetal tissues fa...

Current strategies in the treatment of childhood Hodgkins disease.

Dramatic changes in the treatment of childhood Hodgkins disease have taken place during the past three decades. Contemporary combined modality treatment regimens produce durable disease-free survival in 90 to 100%of patients with early disease and in 70 to 85%of patients with advanced disease. Studies using chemotherapy alone also report high survival rates, and current studies are few to highl...