INVESTIGATION OF SURVIVAL RATE AND CAUSES OF MORTALITY IN NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA PATIENTS

A relationship has been established between the survival rate of 378 p atients who had died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and their sex, ag e, ABO- and Rh-factors of the blood, primary focus of the tumor lesion , morphological variant, diagnostic period duration, and the treatment intensity. A higher incidence rate and a higher mean survival were re corded in 222 males, as compared to 156 females. Favourable and unfavo urable for survival age interval has been distinguished for NHL diseas e. Patients with Rh+ showed a higher survival rate, although the incid ence rate among Rh+ and Rh- subjects was similar. Prognostically favou rable and unfavourable sites of the primary tumor and morphological va riants of NHL were specified. The time spent for detailed verification of the diagnosis has been justified, and the presence of a direct pro portional relationship between the intensity of the treatment and the mean survival of patients with varying forms of NHL has been proved.