Significance of Initial Induction Therapy to Long-Term Survival in Malignant Lymphoma

Seven patients with malignant lymphoma had complete remissionsof from more than 50 to more than 81mo. These patients showeda direct relationship between length of initial remission andsurvival. Six patients had survival periods after cessationof maintenance therapy that extended from more than 38 to morethan 71 mo. The histologic subtypes of the patients were: inHodgkin's disease, two cases of mixed cellularity and one ofnodular sclerosis, and in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, three casesof diffuse large cell type and one of diffuse medium-sized celltype.