Conditional relative survival in Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia: a population-based study in The Netherlands

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Conditional relative survival in Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia: a population-based study in The Netherlands
 
Amaador, Karima; Kersten, Marie José; Visser, Otto; Posthuma, Eduardus F.M.; Minnema, Monique C.; Vos, Josephine M.I.; Dinmohamed, Avinash G.
(2022) British Journal of Haematology, volume 196, issue 5, pp. 1205 - 1208
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Abstract
Contemporary diagnosed WM patients, compared to the general population, continue to experience excess mortality regardless of having survived up to 15 years post-diagnosis. This gradual increase in excess mortality might result from the incurable nature of this disease characterized by multiple relapses throughout the disease course with limited efficacious treatment ... read more
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Keywords: conditional relative survival, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, population-based, Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia, Hematology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17926
ISSN: 0007-1048
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Note: Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the registration clerks of the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR) for their dedicated data collection. The nationwide population-based NCR is maintained and hosted by the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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