Prognostic value of staging laparotomy in supradiaphragmatic clinical stage I and II Hodgkin's diseaseVovk, Marjeta (Avtor) Šumi-Križnik, Tatjana (Avtor) Jenko-Fidler, Marija (Avtor) Petrič-Grabnar, Gabrijela (Avtor) Kremžar, Marinka (Avtor) Novak, Janez (Avtor) Senčar, Mojca (Avtor) Zakotnik, Branko (Avtor) Vodnik-Cerar, Alenka (Avtor) Jakšić, Branimir (Avtor) In the period 1974-1989, 219 patients with supradiaphragmatic clinical stage I and II Hodgkin's disease were treated at the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana; of these 95 (43%) patients underwent staging laparotomy. Of laparotomized patients, those with pathological stage III-IV, and of non-laparotomized, those with unfavorable prognostic factors (B-symptoms, bulky mediastinum) received chemotherapy: the remaining patients were treated by irradiation. No statistically significant difference in the survival and disease-free survival between laparotomized and nonlaparotomized patients could be found.Slovenian Medical Society - Section of Radiology ; Croatian Medical Association - Croatian Society of Radiology19962024-01-16 09:41:25Neznano17817Ljubljanaslby Authors