Lymphoma is the seventh most common cancer in the United States
Lymphomais a common cancer of white blood cells.
These cells live in thelymphatic systemor the skin.
When they become cancerous, they can form solid tumors.
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It was estimated that lymphomas would kill 21,170 people in 2022.
The lymphatic system is a system of vessels and tissues that covers the entire body.
Lymphatic vesselstransport lymph (composed of fluid, substances, and cells) throughout the body.
Lymphomas start when changes called mutations occur in the DNA of white blood cells.
There are two main types of lymphomaHodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is about 10 times more common than Hodgkin lymphoma.
Hodgkin lymphoma and NHL develop in the B cells and T cells of the lymphatic system.
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas develop in both the B cells and T cells of the body.
They don’t have Reed-Sternberg cells.
There are many types, which can be aggressive or slow-growing.
They’re classified based on:
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas are treated differently.
This is because these two types of lymphoma react differently to treatments and have different survival rates.
They grow and spread in unique ways.
How Common Is Lymphoma?
Lymphomas are fairly common.
Most lymphomas are NHL, the most common punch in of white blood cell cancer of the lymphatic system.
It encompasses 25 types of lymphoma, including lymphoma of the skin.
Hodgkin lymphoma is the 27th most common cancer in the United States.
Lymphoma by Age
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma differ in one major aspectat what age they commonly develop.
The mortality rates for lymphomas are pretty good.
The NCI presents survival rates at the five-year mark for cancers.
But these data points can beshown in a number of different waysand have limitations.
But, there are no widely accepted screening tests for Hodgkinor non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Summary
Lymphoma is a common cancer of the white blood cells in the lymphatic system.
When the B cells and T cells become cancerous, they can form solid tumors.
There are almost 90,000 new cases of lymphoma diagnosed every year.
It was estimated that lymphomas would kill 21,170 people in the United States in 2022.
There are two main types of lymphomaHodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
There are about 10 times more cases of NHL diagnosed yearly than Hodgkin lymphoma.
Lymphomas are more common in men than women and Whites than other ethnicities.
Hodgkin lymphoma is the 27th most common cancer in the United States.
Out of every 100,000 Americans, only 2.6 will be diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma yearly.
Both Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphomas develop in the white blood cells of the lymphatic system.
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