Clinicopathological features of lymphoma/leukemia patients carrying both BCL2 and MYC translocations

2009205 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Naoto Tomita · Yokohama City University

Mayumi Tokunaka · Tokai University

Naoya Nakamura · Tokai University

Kengo Takeuchi · Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Junki Koike · St. Marianna University School of Medicine

S Motomura · Kanagawa Cancer Center

Ken‐ichi Miyamoto ·

Abstract

Dual-hit lymphoma/leukemia is a rare but distinct mature B-cell neoplasm with an extremely poor prognosis characterized by frequent extranodal involvement and central nervous system progression with either of the translocation partners of MYC.

Topics & Keywords

Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Haematologica

Volume 94, Issue 7, pp. 935-943

DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2008.005355

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