Table 1.
Characteristic | Patients |
|
---|---|---|
No. (N = 253) | % | |
Year of HL diagnosis | ||
Before 1980 | 136 | 54 |
1980-1989 | 97 | 38 |
≥ 1990 | 20 | 8 |
HL stage at diagnosis | ||
I | 38 | 15 |
II | 155 | 61 |
III | 27 | 11 |
IV | 13 | 5 |
Unknown | 20 | 8 |
“B” symptoms at diagnosis | ||
No | 158 | 62 |
Yes | 63 | 25 |
Unknown | 32 | 13 |
Lymph node involvement | ||
Mediastinal hilar | 164 | 65 |
Supraclavicular/infraclavicular | 134 | 53 |
Cervical | 126 | 50 |
Axillary | 38 | 15 |
Abdominal | 14 | 6 |
Pelvic | 3 | 1 |
Other | 34 | 13 |
Chemotherapy | ||
No | 156 | 62 |
Yes | 88 | 35 |
Unknown | 9 | 4 |
Radiation dose, Gy | ||
Median | 39 | |
Range | 10-50 | |
Age at HL diagnosis, years | ||
Median | 23 | |
Range | 11-67 | |
Age at BC diagnosis, years | ||
Median | 42 | |
Range | 24-84 | |
Interval from HL to BC, years | ||
Median | 18 | |
Range | 1-42 |
Abbreviations: HL, Hodgkin's lymphoma; BC, breast cancer.