title: Primary thyroid non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: clinicopathological observations on patients living in the island of Crete.
abstract: Fifteen patients with primary thyroid non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (PT-NHLs) living in the island of Crete were studied. Patients' median age was 69 years, male/female ratio 1.5/1 and stage I/stage II ratio 2/1 (stages III and IV were excluded). According to the Working Formulation Classification, 2 cases were with low, 10 with intermediate and 3 with high grade of malignancy. Remission rate was 80%, median overall survival 61 months and median disease free survival 59 months. No significant difference in survival were found between stage I and II, as well as between males and females. Conclusing, PT-NHLs in the island of Crete are more frequent in males than in females, and are predominantly (67%) of the intermediate grade of malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kyriakou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bizakis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakellariou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alexandrakis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chelidonis
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Eliopoulosi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*