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- Title
Hodgkin's disease in the elderly. A series of 30 patients aged older than 70 years.
- Authors
Eghbali, H.; Hoerni-Simon, Geneviève; de Mascarel, Isabelle; Durand, M.; Chauvergne, J.; Hoerni, B.; Hoerni-Simon, G; de Mascarel, I
- Abstract
Thirty patients aged older than 70 years formed 6.9% of all cases of previously untreated Hodgkin's disease seen in Bordeaux Cancer Center over a 20-year period. The subtype of mixed cellularity was predominant in this age group (P = 0.00035). One patient received no treatment; 20 patients received primary chemotherapy (14 polychemotherapy); all but 2 of the 18 patients in clinical Stages I or II received radical radiotherapy. Median survival for all patients is 15 months. In five cases the treatment could be held responsible for death. Eleven patients died of Hodgkin's disease within a 36-month period. Five patients are alive and the nine other patients died from other causes. The disease-free survival figures showed that one third of the patients could be considered as cured.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1984, Vol 53, Issue 10, p2191
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19840515)53:10<2191::AID-CNCR2820531031>3.0.CO;2-0