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Encyclopedia > Lymphomas

Lymphoma is a general term for cancers that develop in the lymphatic system.

Prevalence

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, lymphomas account for about five percent of all cases of cancer in the United States, and Hodgkin's disease in particular accounts for less than one percent of all cases of cancer in the United States.


References

  • Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NIH Publication No. 99-1567
  • Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Hodgkin's disease. NIH Publication No. 99-1555

External links

  • Lymphoma Research Foundation (http://www.lymphoma.org/)
  • Timeline of discovery and treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma (http://www.lymphomainfo.net/hodgkins/timeline.html)


Health science - Medicine - Hematology
Hematological malignancy and White blood cells
Lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease, NHL) - Leukemia (ALL, AML, CLL, CML) - Multiple myeloma - MDS - Myelofibrosis - Myeloproliferative disease (Thrombocytosis, Polycythemia) - Neutropenia
Red blood cells
Anemia - Hemochromatosis - Sickle-cell anemia - Thalassemia - G6PD - other hemoglobinopathies
Coagulation and Platelets
Thrombosis - Deep venous thrombosis - Pulmonary embolism - Hemophilia - ITP - TTP

  Results from FactBites:
 
MedlinePlus: Lymphoma (522 words)
The primary NIH organization for research on Lymphoma is the National Cancer Institute
Lymphoma is a cancer of a part of the immune system called the lymphatic system.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas begin when a type of white blood cell, called a T cell or B cell, becomes abnormal.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Facts & Statistics (1005 words)
Lymphoma* is a general term for a group of cancers that originates in the lymphatic system.
Lymphoma results when a lymphocyte (a type of white blood cell) undergoes a malignant change and begins to multiply, eventually crowding out healthy cells and creating tumors which enlarge the lymph nodes or other sites in the body.
The age-adjusted incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma rose by 84 percent from 1975 to 2004 - an annual average percentage increase of 2.8 percent.
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