[Prognosis in Hodgkin's disease: verification of a new predictive equation]

A retrospective analysis of a series of 114 patients with Hodgkin's disease was carried out. The patient were male, aged greater than or equal to 45 years, histotype mixed cellularity or lymphocytic depletion, advanced stage (III o IV), ESR greater than 45 mm/1h., serum albumin less than or equal to 3.5 gr/dl appeared to be unfavorable parameters at diagnosis. The application of a predictive linear equation recently proposed by Gobbi et al. revealed a agreement between survival and predicted mean survival.