Social and medical aspects of multimodality therapy for lymphogranulomatosis in children
Susuleva, N.A.; Il'iashenko, V.V.; Vasil'eva, M.V.; Makhonova, L.A.
Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk 1996(10): 21-23
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-6047 PMID: 8998426 Document Number: 460948
The high efficiency of treatment of lymphogranulomatosis in children by the currently available protocols determines the necessity of assessing them in terms of the quality of further life. The opportunity of creating a life and having the offspring, that of getting education and a profession are one of the main characteristics of the quality of life. The data on the reproductive function and social adaptation of 443 children receiving multimodality treatment for lymphogranulomatosis by 3 protocols (from 1976, 1978, and 1987). Two hundred and fifty eight individuals were 18 years old or more. Sixty four former patients have 88 children who are all healthy. The treatment performed in childhood intensively, which yielded a complete effect, exerts no substantial impact on the formation and performance of their reproductive function. The former patients have a high intellect, without limitations in getting professions, and they are easily adaptable to the changing social conditions.