Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL)

• Most commonly occurring hematologic cancer¹

  • New cases expected in the US in 2007: 63,190¹
  • NHL prevalence: approximately 360,000²

• 85% of all NHLs are B-cell lymphomas³
• Over 90% of B-cell NHL are CD20+⁴

1 ACS. Cancer Facts & Figures 2006.

2 SEER Cancer Statistics Rev 1975-2003. Table XVIII-16.

3 ACS. Detailed Guide (revised January 21, 2000): Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

4 Anderson KC et al. Blood. 1984;63(6):1424-1433.

Follicular NHL

• 2^nd most common subtype of NHL¹
• Accounts for 25% - 40% of all adult lymphomas¹
  • Common in elderly population¹
• Involves low-grade and intermediate-grade subtypes of IWF classifications of NHL

1. Petry KAJ et al. In: Grossbard ML (ed). Malignant Lymphoma. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: DC Decker 2002;96: 94-111.