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Hodgkin's disease in Trujillo, Peru
Author(s) -
Albújar Pedro F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197306)31:6<1520::aid-cncr2820310632>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , lymph , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pathology
A retrospective study has been made of 20 cases of Hodgkin's disease, primarily arising in lymph nodes. The cases were collected from two general hospitals of the city of Trujillo, Peru, between 1960 and 1970, and were reclassified histologically according to the Rye system. When first seen and biopsied, the majority of cases were of the histologic types associated with poor prognosis. Clinically too, most of the patients presented in advanced stages. The mortality was high. A particularly high proportion of the disease was noted in children.