Growing Prevalence of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Heat Map and Analysis
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) are a heterogeneous group of malignancies that originate from lymphoid tissue, with varied clinical and biological features. There were an estimated 385,741 new cases of NHL and 199,630 deaths from NHL worldwide in 2012. NHLs are classified as either indolent (slow-growing) or aggressive (fast-growing). Almost 85% of NHLs are of B-cell origin, while 15% are derived from T/natural killer cells. The small remainder stem from macrophages. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL) are the...
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