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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]
Overview
The early stage of the Hodgkin's lymphoma is associated with the most favorable prognosis. The 5-year survival rate of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma varies with the stage of the disease.
Prognosis
Prognostic factors for early Hodgkin's lymphoma[1]
- Stage I and II Hodgkin's lymphoma are divided into favourable and unfavourable groups based on prognostic factors.
- Early favourable Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Early favourable Hodgkin's lymphoma means that no factors listed below are present
- Early unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Early unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma means that one or more of the following factors are present:
- Bulky disease
- Larger than one-third the width of the chest
- At least 10 cm in its greatest dimension in areas other than the chest
- Presence of extranodal disease (in areas other than the lymph nodes)
- 3 or more areas of lymph node involvement
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 50 mm/h or higher
- Mixed cellularity Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Presence of B symptoms
- Unexplained fever over 38°C
- Drenching night sweats
- Unexplained weight loss – loss of more than 10% of original body weight within the last 6 months
Prognostic factors in advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma[1]
The International Prognostic Factors Project (IPFP) has developed an international prognostic score (IPS) based on 7 adverse factors for advanced (stage III and IV) Hodgkin's lymphoma. The factors that are present are combined to give a single score between 0 and 7.
- Advanced favourable Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Advanced favourable Hodgkin's lymphoma means that 0 to 3 factors listed below are present
- Advanced unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Advanced unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma means that 4 or more of the following factors are present:
- Stage IV disease
- Age 45 years or older
- Male sex
- Albumin level less than 4.0 g/dL
- Hemoglobin level less than 10.5 g/dL
- White blood cell (WBC) count at least 15,000/mm3
- Lymphocyte count less than 600/mm3 or less than 8% of the total WBC count
5-Year Survival
- Between 2004 and 2010, the 5-year relative survival of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma was 87.7%.[2]
- When stratified by age, the 5-year relative survival of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma was 90.5% and 52.8% for patients <65 and ≥ 65 years of age respectively.[2]
- The survival of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma varies with the stage of the disease. Shown below is a table depicting the 5-year relative survival by the stage of Hodgkin's lymphoma:[2]
| Stage | 5-year relative survival (%), (2004-2010) |
| All stages | 85.3% |
| Localized | 90.8% |
| Regional | 92.1% |
| Distant | 76.2% |
| Unstaged | 80.7% |
- The survival of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma also varies with the subtype of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Shown below is the 5-year relative survival by the subtype of Hodgkin's lymphoma:[2]
- Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma: 84.8%
- Lymphocyte-rich: 87.1%
- Mixed cellularity: 80%
- Lymphocyte-depleted: 56.6%
- Nodular sclerosis: 89.4%
- Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma not otherwise specified: 75.2%
- Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma: 95.3%
- Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma: 84.8%
- Shown below is an image depicting the 5-year conditional relative survival (probability of surviving in the next 5-years given the cohort has already survived 0, 1, 3 years) between 1998 and 2010 of Hodgkin's lymphoma by stage at diagnosis according to SEER. These graphs are adapted from SEER: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canadian Cancer Society Hodgkin lymphoma".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, Garshell J, Miller D, Altekruse SF, Kosary CL, Yu M, Ruhl J, Tatalovich Z,Mariotto A, Lewis DR, Chen HS, Feuer EJ, Cronin KA (eds). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2011, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD, http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2011/, based on November 2013 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER web site, April 2014.