The impact of MYC rearrangements and "double hit" abnormalities in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-252

  Lin, Pei ^a   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

8q24; Activated B cell type (ABC); Aggressive B cell lymphoma; BCL2; BCL6; Burkitt lymphoma; Cell of origin; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Double hit lymphoma; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gene expression profile; Germinal center B cell type (GCB); Gray zone lymphoma; High grade B cell lymphoma; IGH; IGL; Immunohistochemistry; International prognostic index (IPI); Ki 67; MYC; Non IG; Prognosis; R CHOP; Triple hit lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; MYC PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; INTENSIVE CARE; KARYOTYPE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; ONCOGENE MYC; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, MYC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MUTATION;

EID: 84883893621     PISSN: 15588211     EISSN: 1558822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11899-013-0169-y     Document Type: Article

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