ABC of clinical haematology: Malignant lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

摘要

The malignant lymphomas (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease) are a clinically and pathologically diverse group of cancers of largely unknown cause that are rapidly increasing in incidence. They are highly treatable and sometimes curable. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, the commonest adult leukaemia, shares many features with these cancers. The whole group constitutes about 5% of malignant diseases.