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Distribution of malignant lymphoma in Japan: analysis of 2260 cases, 2001-2006.
- Source :
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Pathology international [Pathol Int] 2008 Mar; Vol. 58 (3), pp. 174-82. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The World Health Organization classification was used to conduct an analysis of geographic, age, sex, and lesion primarily biopsied/resected distribution of 2260 lymphoid neoplasms diagnosed during 2001-2006 throughout Japan. B-cell neoplasms accounted for 65% of all lymphoid neoplasms, T/natural killer (T/NK)-cell neoplasms for 25% and Hodgkin lymphoma for 7%. The most common type was diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL, 33%), followed by follicular lymphoma (18%), and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL, 10%). The high rate of 18% for follicular lymphoma was similar to that in Western countries (11-33%). T/NK-cell neoplasms accounted for a higher percentage of lymphoid neoplasms in Kyushu (30%) and Okinawa (38%) compared with other areas of Japan (18-20%). Among T/NK-cell neoplasms, ATLL was the most common type in Okinawa (54%) and Kyushu (59%). Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma was the second most common type of T/NK-cell neoplasms in Okinawa (15%). This epidemiological study shows that the distribution patterns of malignant lymphoma differ especially in Kyushu and Okinawa, the endemic area of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1.
- Subjects :
- Biomarkers, Tumor analysis
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Japan epidemiology
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell epidemiology
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell pathology
Lymphoma chemistry
Lymphoma pathology
Lymphoma, Follicular chemistry
Lymphoma, Follicular epidemiology
Lymphoma, Follicular pathology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse chemistry
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse epidemiology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse pathology
Lymphoma epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1440-1827
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pathology international
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18251781
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02207.x