Abstract 5521: Racial and ethnic disparities for intravascular large B-cell lymphoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database analysis with emphasis on Hispanics
Abstract:Background: Intravascular large b-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare but highly aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). IVLBCL is a clonal proliferation with selective growth within the blood vessel. It has been primarily described in Asian and European populations, and a median age presentation is in the sixth to seventh decades without a sex predilection. The US incidence is 0.95 in 1 million, but is thought to be higher, as the diagnosis is mainly done postmortem. Meanwhile, the incidence rate of IV… Show more
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