Incidence of haematological malignancy by sub-type: a report from the Haematological Malignancy Research Network

Ascertainment of cases and disease classification is an acknowledged problem for epidemiological research into haematological malignancies.

The Haematological Malignancy Research Network comprises an ongoing population-based patient cohort. All diagnoses (paediatric and adult) across two UK Cancer Networks (population 3.6 million, >2000 diagnoses annually, socio-demographically representative of the UK) are made by an integrated haematopathology laboratory. Diagnostics, prognostics, and treatment are recorded to clinical trial standards, and socio-demographic measures are routinely obtained.