PURPOSE: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors are known to have increased cardiac
mortality and morbidity. The risk of developing cardiovascular disease after involved node
radiotherapy (INRT) is currently unresolved, inasmuch as present clinical data are derived
from patients treated with the outdated mantle field (MF) technique. METHODS AND
MATERIALS: We included all adolescents and young adults with supradiaphragmatic,
clinical Stage I–II HL treated at our institution from 2006 to 2010 (29 patients). All patients …