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==Overview==
==Overview==
The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age. Women are more commonly affected with follicular lymphoma than men.
The prevalence of [[follicular lymphoma]] increases with age.
==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==
===Incidence===
===Incidence===
*Of all [[lymphoproliferative disorders|cancers involving the same class of blood cell]], 22% of cases are follicular lymphomas.<ref name="isbn0-7817-5007-5">{{cite book|author=Turgeon, Mary Louise|title=Clinical hematology: theory and procedures|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|location=Hagerstown, MD|year=2005|isbn=0-7817-5007-5|quote=Frequency of lymphoid neoplasms. (Source:  Modified from WHO Blue Book on Tumour of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001, p. 2001.)|page=283}}</ref>
* The [[incidence]] of follicular lymphoma around the world is 3.18 cases per 100,000 people.<ref name="pmid9166827">{{cite journal| author=| title=A clinical evaluation of the International Lymphoma Study Group classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Classification Project. | journal=Blood | year= 1997 | volume= 89 | issue= 11 | pages= 3909-18 | pmid=9166827 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9166827  }} </ref><ref name="pmid16150940">{{cite journal| author=Morton LM, Wang SS, Devesa SS, Hartge P, Weisenburger DD, Linet MS| title=Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001. | journal=Blood | year= 2006 | volume= 107 | issue= 1 | pages= 265-76 | pmid=16150940 | doi=10.1182/blood-2005-06-2508 | pmc=1895348 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16150940  }} </ref>  
===Age===
===Age===
* The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age.  
* The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age.  
* The median age for the occurence of disease is 60 years.  
* The median age at diagnosis of follicular lymphoma is 60 years.
 
=== Race ===
* The incidence in Whites is more than twice that in [[Black]] and Asian populations.
* It is less common in Central and South America.
 
===Gender===
===Gender===
* Women are more commonly affected with follicular lymphoma than men.
* Follicular lymphoma has no sex predilection<ref name="pmid16150940">{{cite journal| author=Morton LM, Wang SS, Devesa SS, Hartge P, Weisenburger DD, Linet MS| title=Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001. | journal=Blood | year= 2006 | volume= 107 | issue= 1 | pages= 265-76 | pmid=16150940 | doi=10.1182/blood-2005-06-2508 | pmc=1895348 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16150940  }} </ref>.
 
==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

Overview

The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age.

Epidemiology

Incidence

  • The incidence of follicular lymphoma around the world is 3.18 cases per 100,000 people.[1][2]

Age

  • The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age.
  • The median age at diagnosis of follicular lymphoma is 60 years.

Race

  • The incidence in Whites is more than twice that in Black and Asian populations.
  • It is less common in Central and South America.

Gender

  • Follicular lymphoma has no sex predilection[2].

References

  1. "A clinical evaluation of the International Lymphoma Study Group classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Classification Project". Blood. 89 (11): 3909–18. 1997. PMID 9166827.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Morton LM, Wang SS, Devesa SS, Hartge P, Weisenburger DD, Linet MS (2006). "Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001". Blood. 107 (1): 265–76. doi:10.1182/blood-2005-06-2508. PMC 1895348. PMID 16150940.