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The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age. Women are more commonly affected | The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age. Women are more commonly affected. | ||
==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> | *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> | ||
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* 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 for the occurence of disease is 60 years. | ||
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[[Category:Types of cancer]] | [[Category:Types of cancer]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age. Women are more commonly affected.
Epidemiology
Incidence
- Of all cancers involving the same class of blood cell, 22% of cases are follicular lymphomas.[1]
Age
- The prevalence of follicular lymphoma increases with age.
- The median age for the occurence of disease is 60 years.
Gender
- Women are more commonly affected.
References
- ↑ Turgeon, Mary Louise (2005). Clinical hematology: theory and procedures. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 283. ISBN 0-7817-5007-5.
Frequency of lymphoid neoplasms. (Source: Modified from WHO Blue Book on Tumour of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001, p. 2001.)