Chronic neutrophilic leukemia epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Homa Najafi, M.D.[2]; Grammar Reviewer: Natalie Harpenau, B.S.[3]

Overview

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia is an extremely rare disease. There are almost only 200 patients with CNL worldwide. The exact incidence of CNL is undetermined. The median age at diagnosis is 66.5 years and the incidence of disease increases with age. There is no racial predilection to CNL and it affects men and women almost equally.

Epidemiology and Demographics

The incidence of CNL increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 66.5 years. ^[3]

References

↑ Szuber, Natasha; Tefferi, Ayalew (2018). “Chronic neutrophilic leukemia: new science and new diagnostic criteria”. Blood Cancer Journal. 8 (2). doi:10.1038/s41408-018-0049-8. ISSN 2044-5385.
↑ Swerdlow, Steven (2008). WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. ISBN 9789283224310.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Elliott, Michelle A. (2006). “Chronic neutrophilic leukemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: WHO defined”. Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology. 19 (3): 571–593. doi:10.1016/j.beha.2005.07.012. ISSN 1521-6926.

Overview