Cancer trends - Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

This short report provides information on the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in Ireland between 1994 and 2011. An average of 660 cases of NHL was diagnosed per year in Ireland between 2007 and 2011. Although NHL comprised just 4% of all cancers, it represented 43% of cancers of the blood and lymph system. Mortality rates have declined substantially over the last decade.