Biomedical subjects

Houchingue Eghbali

Publications and source records attributed to Houchingue Eghbali.

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PubMed2003

Involved-field radiotherapy for advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma.

BACKGROUND: The use of involved-field radiotherapy after chemotherapy for advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma is controversial. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with previously untreated stage III or IV Hodgkin's lymphoma who were in complete remission after hybrid chemotherapy with mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone, doxorubicin, bleomycin, and vinblastine (MOPP-ABV) to receive either no further treatment or involved-field radiotherapy. Radiotherapy consisted of 24 Gy to all initially involved nodal areas and 16 to 24 Gy to all initially involved extranodal sites. Patients in partial remission were treated with 30 Gy to nodal areas and 18 to 24 Gy to extranodal sites. RESULTS: Of 739 patients, 421 had a complete remission; 161 of these patients were assigned to no further treatment, and 172 to involved-field radiotherapy. The median follow-up was 79 months. The five-year event-free survival rate was 84 percent in the group that did not receive radiotherapy and 79 percent in the group that received involved-field radiotherapy (P=0.35). The five-year overall survival rates were 91 and 85 percent, respectively (P=0.07). Among the 250 patients in partial remission after chemotherapy, the five-year event-free and overall survival rates were 79 and 87 percent, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Involved-field radiotherapy did not improve the outcome in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma who had a complete remission after MOPP-ABV chemotherapy. Radiotherapy may benefit patients with a partial response after chemotherapy.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2002

Quality of life in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Validation of the medical outcomes study short form 20 and the Rotterdam symptom checklist in older patients.

In the elderly population, cancer treatment aims to cure and/or maintain Quality of Life (QoL). However, there is little QoL data to provide evidence for QoL benefits for some of the cancer treatments. This pilot study developed valid QoL questionnaires in French, for patients over 65 years with a diagnosis of large cell lymphoma, part of the Lymâge phase II study. They were asked to complete two questionnaires, the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 20 (MOS SF20; generic) and the Rotterdam symptom checklist (RSCL; cancer-specific). Between June 1995 and April 1997, questionnaires were returned by 63 of 89 patients. This article reports the process undertaken to adapt the English version to a French setting, and provides the results of factor analysis, convergent and discriminant validity and reliability. Our data suggest that QoL questionnaires can be used in elderly patients. These two questionnaires are validated in French and would help us to analyse the QoL of elderly patients with the development of new treatments as done in the Lymâge study.

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PubMed2002

[Update on lymphomas].

Important progress have been recently achieved in the management of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Prognostic factors are now better defined in HD thanks to new biologic and radiologic information which complete old and relevant clinical factors. These parameters are expected to improve decision making in patient's management. However, treatment strategy is under new discussion and controversies about the role of radiotherapy and its doses. There are now enough arguments to consider radiotherapy unnecessary in advanced stages when a complete remission is achieved by chemotherapy. There is also important concern about late effects of treatment and not only secondary cancers. Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are heterogeneous and different entities are now better defined and described, thanks to a common and similar language for immunological clinical data and treatment outcome. New strategies are under investigation using monoclonal antibodies with or without radioisotopes, in association with chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Undoubtedly, these new approaches are going to improve the overall prognosis of NHL.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation↗