Review Article

A Multisource Approach to Improving Epidemiologic Estimates: Application to Global B-Cell Malignancies

Table 1

Classification of B-cell neoplasms* [5].

Precursor B-cell neoplasm
Precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
Mature (peripheral) B-cell neoplasms
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Follicular lymphoma (FL), follicle center
Plasma cell (or multiple) myeloma (MM)/plasmacytoma
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic  
lymphoma
 B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia
 Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
 Splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
 Nodal marginal zone lymphoma
 Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of  mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type
 Hairy cell leukemia
 Mantle cell lymphoma
 Burkitt lymphoma/Burkitt cell leukemia

*Bold neoplasms were included in our paper.