Brief Report: Selected Aspects of Hodgkin’s Disease in a Whole Community

Abstract

Abstract All available hospital records of patients with Hodgkin’s Disease, diagnosed in Israel during a 5-year period were reviewed. A bimodal incidence curve was obtained both for all patients, and for such subcategories as sex and ethnic origin. There was no significant difference in incidence between males and females, nor between various ethnic groups. The frequency of patients presenting with a generalized disease at diagnosis was relatively higher in males and in older patients of both sexes. The median survival was 27 months with a considerably better prognosis in younger patients of both sexes and in females younger than 45, as compared to males of the same age group. Lymphocytopenic males had a shorter survival course, but no such pattern was evident among females.