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Surgical biopsy in lymphoma *
Author(s) -
Eaton Michael,
Fox Richard
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03509.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , lymphatic system , melanoma , colorectal cancer , lymph , cancer , breast cancer , disease , lung cancer , pathology , lung , biopsy , oncology , cancer research
The term ‘lymphoma’ describes malignant lymphoproliferative diseases that originate from B‐ and T‐cells in the lymphatic system. The majority of lymphomas arise from lymph nodes, while some may originate in extranodal sites. Lymphoma is a common cancer, affecting approximately 4000 people in Australia per year, and constituting 4% of newly diagnosed cancers. Lymphoma is primarily a disease of adults, and is the sixth most common cancer in men, after prostate, colorectal, lung, melanoma and bladder, and the fifth most common cancer in women, after breast, colorectal, melanoma and lung 1 .