title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Norberg
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dige
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lenner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013548:Sweden