Stage II Hodgkin's Disease

Abstract

Case material on 208 patients with Stage II Hodgkin's disease has been reviewed. Survival figures and patterns of secondary manifestations including laparotomy findings have been compared for mediastinal presentations versus other Stage II presentations in patients staged prior to lymphography versus patients staged by lymphography. Higher survival was seen in lymphography-staged patients and in both groups for patients with mediastinal presentation. The influence of age and sex was determined for both series. Age has a significant influence on survival. Females showed higher survival rates in the clinically staged group, but there was no difference observed in the lymphography-staged group.