Abstract

ABSTRACTTwo cases of Hodgkin's disease associated with pregnancies are presented. Review of the literature failed to show that pregnancy had any deleterious effect on either the course or survival of patients with Hodgkin's disease; nor did therapeutic abortion alter the survival curves of these patients. There is only one report of Hodgkin's disease metastasizing to the products of conception. Both chemotherapy and irradiation are used to treat Hodgkin's disease, and both are potentially harmful to the growing fetus. Therefore, if therapy can be delayed without detriment to the patient, it should be postponed until after termination of the pregnancy.