The prognosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma depends on several factors such as age, race, tumor size, presence of metastasis or not and lifestyle. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the overall 5-year relative survival rate for 1999-2005 was 69.9%. Five-year relative survival rates by race and sex were:
- 69.0% for white men;
- 72.6% for white women;
- 58.4% for black men;
- 68.6% for black women.