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This study aimed to evaluate the difference in incidence trends of follicular lymphoma in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea between 2001 and 2019. The data for the Taiwanese populations was obtained from the Taiwan Cancer Registry Database, and those for the Japanese and Korean population were retrieved from the Japan National Cancer Registry and some additional reports, both of which included population-based cancer registry data, from Japan and Korea. Follicular lymphoma accounted for 4231 cases from 2002\u20132019 in Taiwan, 3744 cases from 2001\u20132008 and 49,731 cases from 2014\u20132019 in Japan; and 1365 cases from 2001\u20132012 and 1244 cases from 2011\u20132016 in South Korea. The annual percentage change for each time period was 3.49% (95% confidence interval: 2.75\u20134.24%) in Taiwan, 12.66% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.59\u201315.81%) and 4.95% (95% CI: 2.14\u20137.84%) in Japan, and 5.72% (95% CI: 2.79\u20138.73%) and 7.93% (95% CI: \u22121.63\u201318.42%) in South Korea. Our study confirms that the increasing trends of follicular lymphoma incidence in Taiwan and Japan have been remarkable in recent years, especially the rapid increase in Japan between 2014 and 2019; however, there was no significant in-crease from 2011 to 2015 in South Korea.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12041417","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,10]],"date-time":"2023-02-10T05:18:35Z","timestamp":1676006315000},"page":"1417","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Incidence Trend of Follicular Lymphoma in Taiwan Compared to Japan and Korea, 2001\u20132019"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Liang-Chun","family":"Chiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Dachang Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chih-Wen","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hung-Ju","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7360-2238","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian-Han","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"Bariatric and Metabolic International Surgery Center, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fu-Cheng","family":"Chuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Radiation Oncology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sheng-Fung","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine for International Students, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1771-9017","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu-Chieh","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"},{"name":"Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1083","DOI":"10.1111\/bjh.16489","article-title":"Trends in the prevalence, incidence and survival of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes during the 21st century\u2014A Swedish lymphoma register study","volume":"189","author":"Ekberg","year":"2020","journal-title":"Br. 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