Table 1.

Demographic and Disease Characteristics According to Early Response to Therapy

	Complete Response		No Complete Response
Characteristic	No. of Patients	%	No. of Patients	%	P
No. of Patients	47		41
Gender
Male	35	74	24	59	.17
Female	12	26	17	41
Race
Caucasian	40	85	37	90
African American	4	9	3	7	.53a
Asian	2	4	0	0
Other	1	2	1	2
Age
Median (years)	13.2		14.0		.97
Range (years)	4.7–20.6		4.4–19.1
Histology
Nodular sclerosing	11	23	26	63	<.001b
Mixed cellularity	5	11	5	12
Lymphocyte rich	2	4	1	2
Classical, not otherwise specified	3	6	3	7
Nodular Lymphocyte predominant	26	55	6	15	<.001c
Stage
IA	27	57	12	29	.010
IIA	20	43	29	71
Mediastinal mass
Absent	36	77	17	41	.001
Present	11	23	24	59
Bulkd
Absent	43	91	32	78	.13
Present	4	9	9	22

^aComparison of Caucasian vs. other races

^bComparison of nodular sclerosing vs. other histologies

^cComparison of lymphocyte predominant vs. other histologies

^dPeripheral lymph node disease ≥ 6 cm