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Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: diagnosis and treatment cues.
Hematological oncology - 1 Jun 2008
Suzuki Ritsuro, Takeuchi Kengo, Ohshima Koichi, Nakamura Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL) is mostly endemic to East Asia. It predominantly occurs in the nasal or paranasal areas and less frequently in the skin. Most of the tumours show NK-cell, but rarely T-cell, phenotypes. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome can be usually detected in lymphoma cells. Geographic localization of ENKL matches the endemic distribution of EBV, suggesting that EBV plays an...
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