Article
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: pathology, genetics, and clinical aspects.
Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH - 1 Jan 2017
Tsuyama Naoko, Sakamoto Kana, Sakata Seiji, Dobashi Akito, Takeuchi Kengo
Abstract excerpt
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) was first described in 1985 as a large-cell neoplasm with anaplastic morphology immunostained by the Ki-1 antibody, which recognizes CD30. In 1994, the nucleophosmin (NPM)-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion receptor tyrosine kinase was identified in a subset of patients, leading to subdivision of this disease into ALK-positive and -negative ALCL in the present World...
Topics
- Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Cyclophosphamide
- Doxorubicin
- Humans
- Ki-1 Antigen
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic
- Mutation
- Prednisolone
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
