What is the prognosis for Hodgkins disease?
Hodgkin’s disease, particularly in children, is one of the most curable forms of cancer. Approximately 90% of individuals are cured of the disease with chemotherapy and/or radiation. The one-year relative survival rate following treatment for Hodgkin’s disease is 93%. Relative survival rates do not include individuals who die of causes other than Hodgkin’s disease. The percentage of individuals who have not died of Hodgkin’s disease within five years of diagnosis is 90–95% for those with stage I or stage II disease. The figure is 85–90% for those diagnosed with stage III Hodgkin’s and approximately 80% for those diagnosed with stage IV disease. The 15-year relative survival rate is 63%. Approximately 75% of children are alive and cancer free 20 years after the original diagnosis of Hodgkin’s. Acute myelocytic leukemia, a very serious cancer, may develop in as many as 2–6% of individuals receiving certain types of treatment for Hodgkin’s disease. Women under the age of 30 who are treate
