title: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in northern Sweden. A retrospective analysis of morphologic diagnosis and stage in a material from the Swedish Cancer Registry.
abstract: Morphologic diagnosis and clinical stage were studied in a retrospective material of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas comprising 352 patients diagnosed 1978 until 1982 and reported to a regional cancer registry. Classification was made according to the original Kiel classification. Patients who could be classified as belonging to low- (46%) or high-grade (47%) malignancy groups (n = 337) were further studied. The median age was high, 65 years, which probably reflects the low degree of selection in a regional register material compared to most hospital register-based materials. The proportion of stage I cases was rather high, in low-grade lymphomas 24%, and in high-grade 39%, which can be attributed to incomplete staging procedures in old patients. The aim of the study was to illustrate the distribution according to morphologic subclasses and clinical features in a material with a low degree of patient selection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Osterman
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: Jonsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lenner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology