Treatment of Hodgkin's disease at a local hospital.

It is unclear whether patients with Hodgkin's disease can be adequately treated at local hospitals. From 1978 through 1991, 40 patients with Hodgkin's disease were treated at the Carmel Medical Center. Disease-free survival was 36/40 (90%) and 19/23 (83%) after 3 and 10 years follow-up, respectively. These results are comparable to those reported by tertiary cancer centers. We conclude that adequate treatment for patient's with Hodgkin's disease can be given at local hospitals. Further studies are warranted to determine if our results can be extrapolated to other local hospitals.