Treatment of Hodgkin\u2019s disease with ABVD followed by low-dose involved field of radiotherapy: analysis of efficacy

Background: Treatment of Hodgkin\u2019s disease with ABVD followed by low-dose involved field of radiotherapy is currently considered the standard of care. Objectives: This study was evaluated the efficacy and some pronogstic factors. Subjects and method: 103 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed HD\ufffd?disease treated with combination CT and RT at K-hospital between 10/2001 \ufffd?3/2005 were eligible. The end points of the study were complete response (CR), relapse-free survival (RFS), overall survival (OS). Tests were used for analysis: chi-square test, Kaplan-Meier method... Results: 103 patients (100%) achieved a CR. The RFS and OS rate at 5 years were 64,6% and 91,7%. Pronogstic factors are sex, anemia, B symtom, liver lesion. Conclusion: Treatment plan has brought the most effective so far. Liver damage is a bad influence markedly the survival time.

Blood-borne viral infection among blood donors and some subjects in the community in Quang Ninh province

Identified infectious ratio HBV, HCV, HIV, CMV, HTLV in 1,270 specimens of donors blood, workers, farmers, students and medicine staffs by screening test. As a result, ratio infectious HBV: 80%; HCV: 0.5%; CMV: 84.1%; HIV and HTLV: 0%. Ratio infectious HBV of medical staffs is higher (16.9%); HCV of farmers 1.9%; CMV of donors in higher than other groups (95.2%).