title: Socio-economic class distribution of the prognostic variants of lymphoproliferative cancers in Nigerians.
abstract: One hundred and twenty Nigerians with various lymphoproliferative cancers were grouped according to socio-economic class and the prognosis of their disease. The best prognostic variant of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia occurred mainly in the highest socio-economic class and the worst variant mostly in the low socio-economic class. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, a low grade malignancy, and the high grade Burkitt's type of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurred predominantly in the low class. The relationship between prognosis and socio-economic class was not so remarkable in patients with Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma. The precise mechanisms by which socio-economic strata influence development of the different prognostic variants of individual lymphoproliferative cancers are not certain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Okpala
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Okpala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009790:Occupations; D011379:Prognosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors