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Table 4 Univariate analysis of prognostic factors for Os and EFS*

From: Chemotherapy followed by low dose radiotherapy in childhood Hodgkin's disease: retrospective analysis of results and prognostic factors

VARIABLE

       

Age

number

%

Five years

OS %

EFS%

OS p

EFS p

> 10

56

33.8

 

97.8

94.2

0.01

0.06

< 10

110

66.2

 

86.6

89.4

  

Sex

       

Female

116

69.8

 

89.4

96

0.84

0.6

Male

50

30.2

 

92.9

87

  

Histology

       

Ns

80

48.1

 

93

95

0.08

0.21

Mc

57

34.3

 

86.4

90

  

Lp

26

15.6

 

98

80.4

  

Dl

3

1.8

 

88.6

87

  

Stage

       

I

19

11.7

 

94.5

93

0.005

0.02

II

60

36.4

 

91

91

  

III

55

32.1

 

82.5

80

  

IV

32

19.8

 

71

69

  

Radiotherapy

       

Yes

146

87.9

 

91

94

0.003

0.07

No

20

12.1

 

72

88

  

RT dose

       

= < 21 GY

112

79.6

 

92.5

88.4

0.76

0.5

>21 Gy

34

20.4

 

89.1

90.2

  

Chemotherapy

       

ABVD

66

40,9

 

90.4

91

0.16

0.15

MOOP

22

13,6

 

92.6

88

  

VEEP

17

10,5

 

90.7

91.2

  

OTHERS

56

34,7

 

88.8

86

  

Symptoms B

       

Present

114

68.7

 

77.4

69.5

0.0001

0.0001

Absent

52

31.3

 

97.3

96.4

  

Mediast involved

       

Present

16

9.7

 

90

89

0.7

0.5

Absent

150

90.3

 

92.9

91

  
  1. * Kaplan Meier and log – Rank Test