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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jul 29;20(10):2298–2308. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0494

Table 1.

Classification of incident hematologic malignancies

Disease Cases
n (%)
Myeloid Neoplasms 138 (23.5%)
 Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) 55 (9.4%)
 Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 36 (6.1%)
 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms* 47 (8.0%)
Mature B-cell Neoplasms 396 (67.3%)
 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL) 91 (15.5%)
 Plasma Cell Disorders 67 (11.4%)
 Other Mature B-cell Neoplasm Entities 238 (40.5%)
Hodgkin Lymphoma 23 (3.9%)
Mature T- and NK-Cell Neoplasms 17 (2.9%)
Others** 14 (2.4%)
Total 588 (100%)
*

Includes the diagnostic category of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms.

**

Includes cases of malignant lymphoma, not otherwise specified [NOS]; leukemia, NOS; acute biphenotypic leukemia; and precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.