Publication details
Analýza záznamů diagnóz maligních lymfomů v databázi Národního onkologického registru ČR
| Title in English | MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS IN CZECH NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Klinická onkologie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Oncology and hematology |
| Keywords | lymphoma - incidence - mortality - classification |
| Description | Malignant lymphoma (ML) represents the fifth most common cancer in Western countries. While for most cancers incidence and mortality are decreasing, those in ML are steadily increasing. Reasons for this increase has not yet been resolved. Authors analyzed trends in incidence and mortality in various subtypes of ML from the records of Czech National Cancer Registry (NCR) database. From 1977 to 2002 we found 7901 cases of Hodgkins lymphoma (HL) and 20395 records of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). The incidence of HL in monitored period decreased, in NHL there was evident significant increase. The male-to-female predominance was surprisingly low in NHL cases. The incidence and mortality analysis in subtypes of NHL was limited due to changes and development of diagnostic and classification approaches. Authors confirmed a necessity of new simple, comprehensible and digitalized reporting way to the NCR database that takes into account WHO classification of lymphoid malignancies. |