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Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma represents 4% of overall non-hodgkins lymphomas and affects females predominantly.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
- Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma comprises of 7% of overall diffuse large B cell lymphoma‘s and 2.4Â % of all Non hodgkin lymphomas. [1]
Age
- The incidence of primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 35 years.[2]
Gender
- Females are more commonly affected with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma than males.[2]
References
References
- ↑ “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. June 1997. PMID 9166827.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nguyen LN, Ha CS, Hess M, Romaguera JE, Manning JT, Cabanillas F, Cox JD (July 2000). “The outcome of combined-modality treatments for stage I and II primary large B-cell lymphoma of the mediastinum”. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 47 (5): 1281–5. PMID 10889382.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Badria Munir M.B.B.S.[2]