[Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in childhood: 19-year experience in a pediatric oncology unit]

An Esp Pediatr. 1992 Nov;37(5):372-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Ninety-one patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) were treated in our Pediatric Oncology Unit during a 19 year period. The median age at diagnosis was 5.8 years and there was a higher incidence in males. All patients were classified according to Murphy's stages and Rappaport's modified classification. Advanced disease and non-lymphoblastic histology were prevailing. Chemotherapy was the preferred treatment. Forty-seven patients (54%) are alive with a median follow-up period of 6.2 years. Actuarial survival rate at 5 years is 0.6. Advances in chemotherapy led to an increase in NHL patient's survival. Twenty patients died because of the disease and 21 because of fatal complications.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / classification
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / mortality*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Male
  • Sex Factors
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Survival Rate