Hairy cell leukemia epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence

  • It is uncommon, representing about 2% of all leukemias, or less than a total of 2000 new cases diagnosed each year in the North America and Western Europe combined.

Age

  • Most patients are white males over the age of 50, although it has been diagnosed in at least one teenager.

Gender

  • Men are four to five times more likely to develop hairy cell leukemia than women.[1] It does not appear to be hereditary, although occasional familial cases have been reported,[2] usually showing a common HLA type.

References

  1. "Hairy cell leukemia". Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  2. "Three cases of familial hairy cell leukemia". Retrieved 2007-09-07.


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