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What is Lymphoma?

What is Lymphoma?

  • Lymphoma: Cancer involving lymph nodes and the immune system.
  • Lymphoma: a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer.
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Lymphoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Lymphoma, or a subtype of Lymphoma, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lymphoma: Introduction

Types of Lymphoma:

Types of Lymphoma:

Broader types of Lymphoma:

How many people get Lymphoma?

Incidence (annual) of Lymphoma: 60,900 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)
Incidence Rate of Lymphoma: approx 1 in 4,466 or 0.02% or 60,900 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Lymphoma?

Deaths for Lymphoma: 20,730 estimated deaths for lymphoma in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)

What causes Lymphoma?

Causes of Lymphoma: see causes of Lymphoma
Risk factors for Lymphoma: see risk factors for Lymphoma

What are the symptoms of Lymphoma?

Symptoms of Lymphoma: see symptoms of Lymphoma

Can anyone else get Lymphoma?

Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

Lymphoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Lymphoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Lymphoma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Lymphoma: see treatments for Lymphoma
Research for Lymphoma: see research for Lymphoma

Organs Affected by Lymphoma:

Organs and body systems related to Lymphoma include:

Name and Aliases of Lymphoma

Main name of condition: Lymphoma

Class of Condition for Lymphoma: cancer

Other names or spellings for Lymphoma:

lymphosarcoma, lymphoma cancer

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