title: Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in Turkey.
abstract: Between 1982 and 1986, 185 adult patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were studied at Cukurova University Hospital (CUH), Adana, Turkey. This constituted 13% of all malignant neoplasms diagnosed in the oncology clinic. The mean age for men was 45.5 years and 41 years for women. Fifty-four percent of the cases were nodal lymphoma and the remaining 46% were extranodal lymphoma. Sixty-six percent of the extranodal lymphoma cases were gastrointestinal lymphoma. The stomach was the most common localization (43%), followed by intestinal involvement (30%) and abdominal mass (27%). The mean age of the patients with gastric lymphoma was 49 years, and 36 years for patients with abdominal mass. The following conclusions were reached: (1) the relative frequency rate of NHL in South Turkey is higher than Turkey averages, but similar to other Middle East countries; (2) extranodal lymphomas account for more than 40% of all lymphomas; (3) gastric lymphoma is more prevalent than intestinal lymphoma in our region; and (4) compared with western gastric lymphomas, our patients were 10 years younger and had a higher incidence of small lymphocytic and immunoblastic lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oncology, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sarpel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paydas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varinli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014421:Turkey