Abstract
This article presents a review of the developments in the diagnosis and treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) in the Czech Republic over the past 30 years. The incidence of lymphomas is on the increase and currently corresponds to 14.4 new cases per 100 000 inhabitants.
Mortality has been on the decrease since 2001 and is currently 5.4 per 100 000 inhabitants. The past 15 years have seen the introduction of immunochemotherapy and the subsequent decrease of risk of mortality by 40% in B-NHL.
The reasons for this include improved diagnostics; the introduction of targeted immune therapy or immunochemotherapy; transplantation; improving organisation of care as well as national and international collaboration represented by the Czech Cooperative Lymphoma Group. However, the basic drawback remains insufficient funding.