Progress in Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based study on patients diagnosed in Sweden from 1973-2009.

In recent decades, attention has focused on reducing long-term, treatment-related morbidity and mortality in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). In the present study, we looked for trends in relative survival for all patients diagnosed with HL in Sweden from 1973-2009 (N = 6949; 3985 men and 2964 women; median age, 45 years) and followed up for death until the end of 2010. Patients were categorized into 6 age groups and 5 calendar periods (1973-1979, 1980-1986, 1987-1994, 1994-2000, and 2001-2009).

Reproductive history, lifestyle factors and season as determinants for serum calcium concentrations in women.

Objective: Serum calcium concentrations have been associated with the risk of malignant disease, especially breast cancer. Thus, determinants of serum calcium concentrations, with special regard to risk factors of breast cancer, are of great interest.

Material And Methods: Previous studies have either been small or they have not focused on reproductive factors.