Imaging of Chemotherapy-induced Morphological and Functional Lung Changes in Childhood ALL and HD

With increasing cure rates of childhood cancer there is growing recognition of late effects of treatments. However, there is a lack of non-invasive and child-friendly procedures that can indicate possible late damage. This study uses morphologic and free-breathing phase-resolved functional low-field (PREFUL) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify persistent pulmonary toxicity after treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Hodgkin's disease (HD) and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Furthermore, cardiopulmonary testing is performed by means of a pulmonary function test, echocardiography with strain analysis and spiroergometry.