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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US. | The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.<ref name="seercancergov">National Cancer Institute. Polycythemia vera2015.http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf57e3e27c3994bd538d/</ref> | ||
==Incidence== | ==Incidence== | ||
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US. | The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.<ref name="seercancergov">National Cancer Institute. Polycythemia vera2015.http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf57e3e27c3994bd538d/</ref> | ||
==Age== | ==Age== | ||
Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),<ref>{{cite journal | author = Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M | title = Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-8 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 12551821}}</ref> although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,<ref name="pvsg">Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". ''Semin Hematol'' '''12''': 339.</ref> | Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),<ref>{{cite journal | author = Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M | title = Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-8 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 12551821}}</ref> although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,<ref name="pvsg">Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". ''Semin Hematol'' '''12''': 339.</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamad Alkateb, MBBCh [2]
Overview
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.[1]
Incidence
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.[1]
Age
Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),[2] although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,[3]
Gender
The disease was more common in men than women.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Cancer Institute. Polycythemia vera2015.http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf57e3e27c3994bd538d/
- ↑ Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M (2003). "Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia". Haematologica. 88 (1): 13–8. PMID 12551821.
- ↑ Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". Semin Hematol 12: 339.
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