Who gets non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?
Keypoints
- The risk of developing non-Hodgkin's increases with age, and patients are, on average, 65 years when diagnosed
- The disease has one of the fastest growing incidence rates among cancers, although the reasons are unknown
Incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
The incidence of a disease
is, strictly speaking, the number of new cases every year per
head of population. It is a measure of how common the disease
is. The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is increasing substantially,
although the reasons for this are unclear. If the number of cases
continues to increase at current rates, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
will have an incidence similar to that of breast, colon, lung
and skin cancer by the year 2025.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma becomes
more common with age, and most people who are diagnosed with
it are middle-aged or older. The average age at the time of
diagnosis is around 65. However, it can occur in younger adults
and even in very young children.
The incidence
(number of new cases every year) of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is
more common with advancing age
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