title: Malignant lymphoma reference centre -- Hungary, 1978.
abstract: In the first year of its existence the Malignant Lymphoma Reference Centre in Hungary diagnosed 383 new cases, which may represent about half the cases occurring in this country. The distribution of the cases was as follows: Hodgkin's disease 69 (18%); non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma 290 (75.7%), unclassifiable 12 (3.2%), hairy cell leukaemia 4 (1%), Lennert's lymphoma 8 cases (2.1%). Some features of the distribution of malignant lymphomas are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007223:Infant; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries