How we treat elderly patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Purpose Of Review: To review Hodgkin lymphoma in older adults with regard to epidemiology, disease characteristics, prognosis, treatment, and future developments.

Recent Findings: Older Hodgkin lymphoma patients defined by chronological age represent a heterogeneous population in terms of life expectancy, morbidities, and functional status. Twenty-one percent of Swedish Hodgkin lymphoma patients are greater than 65 years (5%, >81 years) at diagnosis.

A prospective comparison of fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in the diagnosis and classification of lymphomas.

Introduction: Surgical biopsy examination is the gold standard for lymphoma diagnostics. However, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) offers several advantages in that it is quick, inexpensive, and the aspiration procedure has very few complications. This prospective study compares the diagnostic outcome between FNAC and surgical biopsy.