Abstract:Background: Surveillance scans performed after autologous stem cell transplant (auto-HCT) for patients with Hodgkin disease (HD) have no proven survival benefit. Methods: We studied survival differences among patients with HD after auto-HCT whose recurrences were detected on clinical history and exam, versus those detected on routine surveillance scan. Results: Among the 98 patients with HD that underwent auto-HCT from 2000 to 2014 at our institution, 30 relapsed, of which 21 were detected radiologically and 9… Show more
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