Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma detected by clonotypic polymerase chain reaction despite continuous pathologic remission induced by involved-field radiotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3768-3772

  Noy, Ariela ^a   Yahalom, Joachim ^a   Zaretsky, Leah ^a   Brett, Ian ^a   Zelenetz, Andrew D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REMISSION; STOMACH BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS;

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

CLONE CELLS; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 20544461167     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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