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Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of immunoblastic type are a major reservoir for MYC-IGH translocations.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Horn Heike, Staiger Annette M, Vöhringer Matthias, Hay Ulrich, Campo Elias, Rosenwald Andreas, Ott German, Ott M Michaela
Abstract excerpt
The immunoblastic variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (IB-DLBCL) has recently been recognized as an aggressive lymphoma type with inferior prognosis as compared with other DLBCL variants. At the same time, the presence of MYC rearrangements in DLBCL has been shown to indicate shorter survival in R-CHOP-treated patients. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of MYC gene rearrangements in IB-DLBCL...
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