摘要: Of the approximately 30,000 new patients diagnosed to have lymphoma in United States during 1980, one-fourth had Hodgkin’s disease. The remaining three-fourths were a variety of different types lymphoma, collectively categorized as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. average age these 22,500 people was 42 years. incidence is increasing annually. distribution shows steady rise from adolescence through ninth decade life. Males are affected 1.5 times more often than females.