Question from Caring.com Community Member, Greg47
Are there any long term effects due to M.O.P.P. chemotherapy which could effect your cardiovascular system?
Expert Answer by Melanie Haiken
The chemotherapy regimen for Hodgkin Disease known as MOPP does have several effects on long-term health but danger to the cardiovascular system isn't one of them. MOPP causes permanent sterility due to the Mustargen (the "M" in MOPP). It also has a 3 percent chance of leading to a secondary cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia. For this reason many oncologists choose an alternative chemotherapy regimen, ABVD, for Hodgkin disease when possible. Radiation treatment to the chest carries a risk of damage to the cardiovascular system, but the MOPP chemotherapy regimen should not.



