Clinical Study

Outcome of Very Late Relapse in Patients with Hodgkin's Lymphomas

Table 1

Patients characteristics of HL in complete remission after first-line chemotherapy.

AllEarly relapseLate relapse

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Median age (range)31 (14–86)36 (16–79)37 (16–70)
Male/Female244/20881/546/10
Stage I-II271 (60%)52 (39%)10 (62%)
Stage III-IV181 (40%)83 (61%)7 (44%)
B symptoms158 (35%)58 (43%)12 (75%)

Histology:
NS275 (61%)73 (54%)9 (56%)
MC168 (37%)58 (43%)7 (44%)
LD9 (2%)4 (3%)0 (0%)

NS: nodular sclerosis; MC: mixed cellularity; LD: Lymphocyte depletion.