[Second neoplasms as a late complication of the treatment of Hodgkin's disease].

Purpose: To determine the incidence of a second malignancy in patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) diagnosed and treated in the same hospital.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 99 patients diagnosed and treated for HD in the Hospital San Carlos, in Madrid, between January 1976 and december 1987. The clinical records were revised; the diagnosis and staging followed the Rye and Ann Arbor criteria, and the treatment included radiation therapy (RT), chemotherapy (CT), or a combination of both.