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MYC‐associated and double‐hit lymphomas: A review of pathobiology, prognosis, and therapeutic approaches
24 Jul 2014
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant expression of the v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog (MYC) proto-oncogene has known transformative potential in healthy human cells. Chromosomal MYC rearrangements and consequent MYC overexpression is the defining lesion in Burkitt lymphoma (BL), conferring a highly proliferative state. However, abnormalities of MYC are increasingly appreciated in non-BL histologies, including diffuse...
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