Practical utility of the revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms for Japanese non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-360

  Izumo, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Maseki, Nobuo ^a   Mori, Shigeo ^b   Tsuchiya, Eiju ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Real classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; JAPAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034128237     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00952.x     Document Type: Article

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