Date of Award
5-2009
Degree Type
Restricted Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Public Health
Field of Study
Epidemiology
Department
School of Public Health
First Advisor
Dr. Martha Felini
Abstract
Survival of Hodgkin Lymphoma has been enhanced through advances in treatment practices and knowledge of the disease. The inception of the WHO/REAL disease classification system for Hodgkin Lymphoma allows researchers to gain a greater understanding into the differing relative survival probabilities associated with this unique cancer. This study performed a survival analysis to understand the effects of age-at-diagnosis and gender on WHO/REAL subtypes of Hodgkin Lymphoma among the SEER population, 1975-2005. Five-year relative survival differed by Hodgkin Lymphoma subtype by both age-at-diagnosis and gender, when race/ethnicity was controlled for.
Recommended Citation
Brown, L. M.
,
"Survival Analysis of Hodgkin Lymphoma by Age-at-Diagnosis and Gender based on WHO/REAL Disease Classification, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Data, 1975-2005" Fort Worth, Tx: University of North Texas Health Science Center;
(2009).
http://digitalcommons.hsc.unt.edu/theses/27