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Patients with localized primary non-tonsillar oral diffuse large B-cell lymphoma exhibit favorable prognosis despite a non-germinal center B-cell-like phenotype.
Cancer science - 1 Jan 2009
Sato Yasuharu, Onishi Naoko, Morito Toshiaki, Takata Katsuyoshi, Mizobuchi Kohichi, Nagatsuka Hitoshi, Ichimura Kouichi, Tanaka Takehiro, Tamura Maiko, Yoshino Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas are detected frequently in the oral cavity. Although tonsillar lymphomas have been rather well characterized, lymphomas originating from non-tonsillar regions, such as the gingiva, palate, and tongue, have not been well studied. We examined the pathology of clinical samples obtained from 21 patients with localized primary non-tonsillar oral diffuse large B-cell lymphoma....
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