Successful radiotherapy in a patient with primary rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma without the API2-MALT1 fusion gene: A case report and review of the literature

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-175

  Kobayashi, Taisuke ^a   Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Hagiwara, Yuki ^a   Tamaru, Jun ichi ^b   Kayano, Hidekazu ^b   Jin nai, Iturou ^a   Bessho, Masami ^a   Niitsu, Nozomi ^a  

^a International Medical Center   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

API2 MALT1 gene; Primary MALT lymphoma; Rectum

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLIN D1; LANSOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; API2 GENE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; FUSION GENE; GENE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; MALT1 GENE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36049024370     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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