{"title":"Epidemiology of mycosis fungoides.","authors":"M A Weinstock","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Study of the epidemiology of mycosis fungoides has been hampered by methodologic issues. Mycosis fungoides does appear to be increasing in frequency more rapidly than lymphoma in general. There is substantial geographic variation, as well as variation by race and gender. Analytic studies have not demonstrated additional risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":77387,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in dermatology","volume":"13 3","pages":"154-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seminars in dermatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Study of the epidemiology of mycosis fungoides has been hampered by methodologic issues. Mycosis fungoides does appear to be increasing in frequency more rapidly than lymphoma in general. There is substantial geographic variation, as well as variation by race and gender. Analytic studies have not demonstrated additional risk factors.