#562 - The Causes Of Lymph Cancers

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  • Shelia Hoar Zahm
  • Carol W. Bason
چکیده

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a group of cancers that arise in the white blood cells. NHL is increasing rapidly in the U.S. and elsewhere in the industrialized world. In the year 1950, 5.9 Americans per 100,000 were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 1985, the incidence (occurrence) rate of this disease had risen to 13.1 per 100,000.[1] By 1991, the incidence rate had reached 15.1 per 100,000 and was still climbing.[2]

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تاریخ انتشار 2002