Hodgkin's disease.A clinicopathologic study of 122 cases

One-hundred and twenty-two cases of Hodgkin's disease seen over a 15-year period (1952–1967) have been reviewed. These patients have been followed for periods varying from 2 to 15 years. This study confirms the relatively good prognosis of the nodular sclerosing and lymphocytic predominant histologic types and of the patients first seen in an early clinical stage of the disease. A highly significant difference was noted between the survival of those patients who had at least a 2-year remission following their initial therapy as compared to those who did not have such a remission. No significant difference was found in the survival curves of the colored as compared to the white patients in any of the histologic types.