Comparison of survival of black and white patients in each stage of Hodgkin's disease during 1970-1980.
A survival and mortality study of all the patients referred to the radiotherapy department between 1970 and 1980 with a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was performed. Generally, black patients with cancer have a poorer survival rate compared with that of white patients with cancer, as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this series, no difference in survival and mortality was found between patients of the two races when they were compared in each stage of Hodgkin's disease.
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Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.
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D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American