Clinical implications of hepatitis C virus infection in MALT-type lymphoma of the ocular adnexa

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 769-772

  Ferreri, Andrea J M ^a   Viale, E ^a   Guidoboni, M ^b   Resti, A Giordano ^a   De Conciliis, C ^c   Politi, L ^a   Lettini, A A ^b   Sacchetti, F ^b   Dolcetti, R ^b   Doglioni, C ^a   Ponzoni, M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Infectious agents; MALT lymphoma; Ocular adnexal lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LOW-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33646174947     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl027     Document Type: Article

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