Table 1.
Patient characteristics at diagnosis
| Characteristic | No. Patients |
|---|---|
| Total patients | 102 |
| Sex, female/male | 38/64 |
| Disease histology at diagnosis | |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
| Nodular sclerosis | 43 |
| Mixed cellularity | 4 |
| Lymphocyte deplete | 1 |
| Nodular lymphocyte predominant | 1 |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
| Diffuse large cell | 6 |
| Follicular, large cell | 1 |
| Follicular, mixed small and large cell | 3 |
| Anaplastic | 1 |
| Mantle cell | 1 |
| Multiple Myeloma | |
| IgG | 23 |
| IgA | 9 |
| IgM plasma cell leukemia | 1 |
| Non-secretory | 2 |
| Light chain only | 6 |
| Disease stage at diagnosis | |
| Hodgkins or Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
| I | 2 |
| II | 21 |
| III | 18 |
| IV | 17 |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Multiple Myeloma | |
| Durie-Salmon I | 9 |
| Durie-Salmon II | 15 |
| Durie-Salmon III | 17 |
| LDH | |
| Elevated | 9 |
| Unknown | 66 |
| B2 microglobulin | |
| Elevated | 31 |
| Unknown | 57 |
| B symptoms in NHL, HL | |
| Present | 32 |
| Unkown | 7 |
| Bulky disease in NHL, HL | |
| Yes | 23 |
| Unknown | 24 |