Mature B cell neoplasms
Epidemiology
Mature B cell neoplasms account for 4% of all cancers and 90% of all lymphomas.
Classification is based on all available evidence to define disease entities. Mature B cell lymphomas are listed according to their major clinical presentation:
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predominantly disseminated lymphomas / leukaemias
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- chronic lymphocytic leukaemia / small cell lymphoma
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- primary extranodal lymphomas
- MALT-lymphoma
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- predominantly nodal lymphomas
- nodal marginal zone lymphoma
- follicular lymphoma
- mantle cell lymphoma
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- either nodal or extranodal
- diffuse large B cell lymphoma
- subtype: mediastinal (thymic) large B cell lymphoma
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- others
- primary effusion lymphoma
- Burkitt lymphoma / leukaemia
- lymphomatoid granulomatosis
References
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours, Tumours of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues, IARC Press 2001.
This page last revised 17.12.2002.
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