Mature B cell neoplasms

Epidemiology

Mature B cell neoplasms account for 4% of all cancers and 90% of all lymphomas.

Classification is based on all available evidence to define disease entities. Mature B cell lymphomas are listed according to their major clinical presentation:

predominantly disseminated lymphomas / leukaemias

chronic lymphocytic leukaemia / small cell lymphoma

B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia

lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma / Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia

splenic marginal zone lymphoma

hairy cell leukaemia

plasma cell myeloma