Incidence patterns and review of Hodgkin lymphoma in the Republic of Armenia

Jemma Arakelyan; Alisa Movsisyan; Lilit Sargsyan; Armine Chopikyan; Diana Andreasyan; Arevik Torosyan; Ruzanna Papyan; Hovhannes Vardevanyan; Samvel Bardakhchyan; Artashes Tadevosyan; Gevorg Tamamyan; Armen Tananyan; Samvel Danielyan; Dickran Kazandjian

doi:10.3332/ecancer.2021.1319

Incidence patterns and review of Hodgkin lymphoma in the Republic of Armenia

Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Nov 18:15:1319. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.1319. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Jemma Arakelyan^{1

2

3

4}, Alisa Movsisyan², Lilit Sargsyan^{3

5

6}, Armine Chopikyan⁷, Diana Andreasyan⁸, Arevik Torosyan⁸, Ruzanna Papyan^{3

5

6}, Hovhannes Vardevanyan^{6

9}, Samvel Bardakhchyan^{1

2}, Artashes Tadevosyan⁷, Gevorg Tamamyan^{3

5

6}, Armen Tananyan¹, Samvel Danielyan^{2

6}, Dickran Kazandjian^{1

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Yerevan State Medical University, 2 Koryun St, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
² Department of Adult Oncology and Hematology, Hematology Center after Prof. R.H.Yeolyan, 7 Nersisyan St, 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.
³ Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, Hematology Center after Prof. R.H. Yeolyan, 7 Nersisyan St., 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.
⁴ Drug Discovery Lab, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong 999077, China.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Yerevan State Medical University, 2 Koryun St, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
⁶ Armenian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Group, 7 Nersisyan St., 0014 Yerevan, Armenia.
⁷ Department of Public Health, Yerevan State Medical University, 2 Koryun St, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia.
⁸ National Health Information Analytic Center, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia, 49/4, Komitas ave, Yerevan, 375051, Armenia.
⁹ Department of Radiology, Armenian-American Wellness Center, 5 Heratsu Street, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
¹⁰ Multiple Myeloma Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Abstract

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) accounts for roughly 10% of all lymphomas and 0.6% of all malignant tumours analysed worldwide yearly. Data regarding HL in developing world are exceptionally constrained. The main objective of this research is to investigate the incidence patterns of HL within the Republic of Armenia and to portray disease distribution according to age and sex. There is a very strict evidence on the frequency of HL in Armenia. The results of our research find out that the frequency of HL in Armenia has not changed altogether over the past 15 years and is comparable to that detailed from the USA and Europe.

Keywords: Armenia; Hodgkin lymphoma; developing world; incidence.