Abstract

DE LA UZ RUESGA, Beatriz O et al. Malignant lymphomas: data of a five year period in Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.9, pp.2180-2189. ISSN 1029-3019.

A cross sectional, descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in 131 patients with malignant lymphomas in Santiago de Cuba during the five years period 2001-2005 in order to evaluate its frequency in people of this province. Among the analyzed variables were age, sex, histological variety, clinical stage, therapeutic regimens and clinical response. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, which were the most common, prevailed in those patients over 50 years and in males, while the Hodgkin's disease prevailed in young people and in females, with predominance of advanced stages in both conditions. The most commonly used polychemotherapy was CHOP-Bleo in the first group and MOPP/AVB in the second one, with complete remission of the disease in 40,5 and 19,1% of patients, respectively.

Keywords : non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; polychemotherapy; secondary health care.

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