Lymphoid leukaemia

Description

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia of T-cell origin. It comprises about 15% of childhood cases and 25% of adult cases. It is more common in males than females. (WHO, 2001)

Data source
FinnGen phenocode CD2_LYMPHOID_LEUKAEMIA
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: C91
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: C91
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 0050523, 5603
GWAS catalog 0000209

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 346 140 206
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.26 0.19 0.36
Mean age at first event (years) 63.3 62.26 64.01
Median number of events / individual 5 5 5

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 69.36 72.14 67.48
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 15.03 15.71 14.56

Associations