T-Cell Leukemia

Study findings on t-cell leukemia are outlined in reports from Yokohama City University, Medical Department

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 14th, 2009

"We sought to determine the frequency of primary extranodal lymphoma (ENL) and its characteristics in Kanagawa, a human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) nonendemic area in Japan. Subjects were 847 newly diagnosed patients with malignant lymphoma at the Yokohama City University Hospital and 8 affiliated hospitals mainly located in Kanagawa prefecture from 1999 to 2005," researchers in Yokohama, Japan report.

"We compared the clinicopathological characteristics of primary ENL with primary nodal lymphoma (NL). Histological specimens were evaluated according to the World Health Organization classifications. A total of 395 (46.6%) and 452 (53.4%) patients had primary...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)

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