Connors J M, O'Reilly S E
British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1997 Oct;11(5):949-61. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70472-x.
One half of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas occur in the elderly, a growing segment of the population in North America. Significantly, the incidence of lymphoma in general, and especially in the elderly, is rising rapidly. These trends will combine to double the number of cases of lymphoma in the elderly in the next 2 to 3 decades. Certain lymphomas can be treated as effectively in the elderly as in the young, and others are treatable but with only half the expectation of cure. Further improvements will be made as future clinical investigation focuses on the elderly with lymphoma as a special group.
所有非霍奇金淋巴瘤中有一半发生在老年人中，而老年人在北美人口中所占比例正在不断增加。值得注意的是，总体而言，淋巴瘤的发病率，尤其是老年人中的发病率正在迅速上升。这些趋势将导致在未来20至30年内，老年人淋巴瘤病例数增加一倍。某些淋巴瘤在老年人中的治疗效果与年轻人相同，而其他淋巴瘤虽然可以治疗，但治愈的期望只有一半。随着未来临床研究将淋巴瘤老年人作为一个特殊群体加以关注，将会取得进一步的进展。
