Long-term (15 years) results of extended field radiotherapy in Hodgkin's disease.

From 1975 to 1990, 214 patients with the pathological Stage IA, IB, IIA, IIB and IIIA of Hodgkin's disease were treated by supradiaphragmatic and/or infradiaphragmatic mantle technique. Complete remission was achieved in 70 patients (8%) by means of radiotherapy only. Partial remission was achieved in 9 patients (2%). The survival at 10 years was 86% and 15 years it was 66%. The most frequent late complications were hypothyreosis, Lhermitte's syndrome and radiation pneumonitis.