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Risk factors for Richter syndrome in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Current hematologic malignancy reports - 1 Sept 2014
Parikh Sameer A, Shanafelt Tait D
Abstract excerpt
Richter syndrome (RS) is defined as the transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to a more aggressive B-cell lymphoma, most commonly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Approximately 5-10% of CLL patients develop this complication during long-term follow-up. Traditional risk factors for future RS include clinical (advanced Rai stage), biological (ZAP-70, CD38, CD49d) and genetic (del17p, del11q)...
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