Hodgkins lymphoma in North Jordan. Does it have a different pattern?
The MC and NS types of HL accounted for the vast majority of HL in North Jordan. Similar to other developing countries the MC type of HL was the most common type followed by the NS type. The age distribution displayed a unimodal pattern with a peak between 11 and 20 years of age, which is a decade earlier than the first peak seen in the West. This pattern is also different from developing countries, where HL peaks in children less than 10 years of age. Hodgkin's lymphoma in Jordan appears to have an intermediate pattern between developing countries and the West.
Results of the present study demonstrate that EM field exposures of appropriate duration induce protection against damage from UV light exposure. Because EM field exposures have been reported to activate stress protein response pathways and protect against anoxia/re-oxygenation damage, stress proteins are thought to play a role in the observed UV protection.