Hodgkin'S Disease in Northern Sweden 1971-1981 Ii. A Retrospective Analysis of Prognostic Factors

Abstract

Factors relevant for prognosis were retrospectively studied in a series of 133 morphologically reviewed patients with Hodgkin's disease collected between 1971 and 1981. for the whole material complete remission rate was 74% and 5-year survival was 62%. these seemingly rather poor results could be explained by a high mean age (48 years) in this relatively unselected material, in combination with a very unfavourable outcome for the elderly patients. in a multivariate analysis of prognostic factors age of the patient turned out to be the only independent factor with a significant bearing on the prognosis.

Key Words:

• Hodgkin's disease
• prognosis
• prognostic factors
• multivariate analysis
• age
• treatment results