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Hodgkin's disease in the elderly: A series of 30 patients aged older than 70 years
Author(s) -
Eghbali H.,
HoerniSimon Geneviève,
de Mascarel Isabelle,
Durand M.,
Chauvergne J.,
Hoerni B.
Publication year - 1984
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(19840515)53:10<2191::aid-cncr2820531031>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , disease , surgery , chemotherapy , pediatrics
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.