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This study aims to assess the distribution of lymphoma subtypes in Shanxi, China, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, and to compare the relative distribution with other areas of the world. H&E-stained tissue sections from the archives of the Shanxi Tumor Hospital, China, were reviewed and 447 cases with sufficient materials were selected for detailed study. A panel of antibodies and probes was assembled, including antibodies to ALK1, bcl-6, CDs 1alpha, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 20, 23, 30, 43, 56, 68, 79alpha, and 99, cyclin D1, EMA, kappa, lambda, LMP1, PAX5, TdT, Vs38C and ZAP70, plus EBER RNA probe by in situ hybridization. The 447 lymphoma cases, subtyped according to the WHO classification, were assembled in triplicate into 11 tissue microarrays and examined with the panel of markers described. Among the 447 cases, 385 (82.6%) were confirmed to be non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) and 62 (13.9%) were Hodgkin lymphomas of classic type (CHL). Of the NHL cases, 68.6% were B-cell lymphomas and 30.6% T/NK-cell lymphomas. Histiocytic neoplasms accounted for only three cases (0.8%). Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) were the most common subtype (35.1%), followed by peripheral T-cell lymphomas unspecified (PTun, 12.0%), extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas (MALT lymphomas, 11.7%), follicular lymphomas (FL, 8.6%), T-lymphoblastic lymphomas (T-LBL, 7.0%), anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCL, 4.2%), B small lymphocytic lymphomas (B SLL, 3.6%), and mantle cell lymphomas (MCL, 2.6%). Of 263 B-cell neoplasms, 105 (39.9%) expressed immunoglobulin light chain, including 52 kappa and 53 lambda, detectable in paraffin sections. The incidence of DLBCL was similar to many Western countries and Asia. The frequency of FL was, however, much lower than the usual pattern in Western countries, although NK/T-cell lymphomas were more common (30.6%), similar to other countries in Asia, including Japan and Korea. With regard to markers of EBV infection, 8 of 385 (2.1%) NHL cases gave positive findings by both in situ hybridization (EBER RNA) and immunohistochemistry (LMP-1), whereas 24 (6.2%) expressed only the EBER and 12 (3.1%) expressed only LMP-1. EBV positivity was found in 24 of 119 (20.2%) T and NK cell lymphomas, in 20 of 263 (7.6%) B cell neoplasms, and in 37 of 62 (59.7%) CHLs. In CHLs there was complete concordance of results by both in situ hybridization (EBER RNA) and immunohistochemistry (LMP-1) procedures. ZAP70 was detected in most T cell-lineage disorders (61.4%) and also in a subset of B small lymphocytic lymphomas (50%). However, ZAP-70 was expressed in a minority of other types of B-cell lymphomas, including precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (25%), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (26.7%), follicular lymphoma (15.2%), and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (9.1%). Immunohistochemical analysis represents an effective method for assessing ZAP-70 expression and reveals that a variety of B-cell malignant neoplasms express ZAP-70, albeit at low frequency.
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PMID:Distribution and ZAP-70 expression of WHO lymphoma categories in Shanxi, China: a review of 447 cases using a tissue microarray technique. 1628 Jun 61

Reciprocal translocations involving the MYC locus and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) and light chain (IgK and IgL) loci are characteristic for non-Hodgkin lymphomas, especially Burkitt lymphoma, and have been described in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). We report on a case of B-ALL of L3 morphology with MYC-IGH translocation. Bone marrow metaphases were characterized using conventional cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetic techniques. G-banding showed a hyperdiploid complex rearranged male karyotype with 51 chromosomes. Additionally to other chromosome changes, a three-break rearrangement involving 6p21, 8q24, and 14q32, as well as cryptic translocations of IGH locus to MYC locus were detected. To our knowledge, this is the first case with colocalizations of MYC and IGH in a three-break rearrangement involving 6p21 and on an additional derivative chromosome as results of cryptic translocations.
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PMID:Novel three-break rearrangement and cryptic translocations leading to colocalization of MYC and IGH signals in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 1652 15

The expression of the VAV proto-oncogene in 57 patients with chronic myeloproliferative disease (CMD), B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) and B-cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (B-NHL), and 61 with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) was analysed. VAV overexpression was observed in 19.5% of cases and 81% of VAV-positive tumours also displayed VAV phosphorylation. Overexpression was not observed in B-ALL or CMD, but 13% of B-NHL and 34.4% of B-CLL patients (P = 0.002) overexpressed VAV. The overexpression and phosphorylation of VAV was detected more frequently in 13q- chronic lymphocytic leukaemias (71.4%) versus other B-CLLs (23.4%, P = 0.001). Overexpression of VAV protein is a frequent event in patients with B-CLL displaying loss of 13q sequences.
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PMID:Overexpression of the VAV proto-oncogene product is associated with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia displaying loss on 13q. 1670 40

The prognosis for higher risk childhood B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma has improved over the past 20 years but the optimal intensity of treatment has yet to be determined. Children 21 years old or younger with newly diagnosed B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma/B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-NHL/B-ALL) with higher risk factors (bone marrow [BM] with or without CNS involvement) were randomized to standard intensity French-American-British/Lymphoma Malignancy B (FAB/LMB) therapy or reduced intensity (reduced cytarabine plus etoposide and deletion of 3 maintenance courses M2, M3, M4). All patients with CNS disease had additional high-dose methotrexate (8 g/m2) plus extra intrathecal therapy. Fifty-one percent had BM involvement, 20% had CNS involvement, and 29% had BM and CNS involvement. One hundred ninety patients were randomized. The probabilities of 4-year event-free survival (EFS) and survival (S) were 79% +/- 2.7% and 82% +/- 2.6%, respectively. In patients in remission after 3 cycles who were randomized to standard versus reduced-intensity therapy, the 4-year EFS after randomization was 90% +/- 3.1% versus 80% +/- 4.2% (one-sided P = .064) and S was 93% +/- 2.7% versus 83% +/- 4.0% (one-sided P = .032). Patients with either combined BM/CNS disease at diagnosis or poor response to cyclophosphamide, Oncovin [vincristine], prednisone (COP) reduction therapy had a significantly inferior EFS and S (P < .001). Standard-intensity FAB/LMB therapy is recommended for children with high-risk B-NHL (B-ALL with or without CNS involvement).
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PMID:Results of a randomized international study of high-risk central nervous system B non-Hodgkin lymphoma and B acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and adolescents. 1713 21

8p11 myeloproliferative syndrome (EMS; also known as the stem cell leukemia syndrome-SCLL) is a rare atypical myeloproliferative disorder associated with chromosomal abnormalities involving the 8p11 chromosomal band. Translocations associated with this syndrome result in the fusion of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR 1) gene with various partners, resulting in ligand independent FGFR activity. The most commonly observed translocation of this syndrome is t(8;13), which results in the expression of a chimeric ZNF198-FGFR1 tyrosine kinase. Disease phenotype associated with this translocation has some typical features such as poor prognosis, and transformation to mainly acute leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; commonly with a T-cell phenotype in which obtaining and maintenance of remission is difficult by conventional chemotherapy. We hereby present a case diagnosed as atypical chronic myeloproliferative disease with consistent t(8;13)(p12;q12) and transformed rapidly to pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia which is a rare clinical presentation.
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PMID:Rapid transformation of atypical myeloproliferative disorder with consistent t(8;13) to B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report. 1785 54

From June 1996 to January 2001, 91 patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia up to 18 years of age were enrolled in Tokyo Children's Cancer Study Group (TCCSG) NHL B9604 protocol study. Five-day intensive chemotherapy courses including high-dose methotrexate and high-dose cyclophosphamide were used for localized disease (Groups A and B). High-dose cytarabine was added for advanced disease (Groups C and D). Fifteen patients experienced an adverse event. There were three induction failures, eight relapses (three local, four bone marrow (BM), one BM + local), two toxic deaths and two second malignant neoplasm. Event-free survival at 6 years in Group D and in all patients was 82.4% +/- 9.2% and 81.9% +/- 4.4%, respectively. The TCCSG NHL B9604 protocol achieved an excellent treatment outcome especially in patients with the most advanced disease (Group D: high BM blast cell burden and/or central nervous system involvement).
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PMID:Outcome of childhood B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with the Tokyo Children's Cancer Study Group NHL B9604 protocol. 1839 44

In aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas, the result of positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose performed after a few cycles of chemotherapy has been shown to correlate with long-term treatment outcome. The PETAL trial investigates whether a change in treatment protocol may improve the outcome of patients with a positive scan after two cycles of (R-)CHOP. Such patients are randomized to receive a further six cycles of (R-)CHOP or six blocks of the B-ALL protocol, a regimen for the treatment of Burkitt lymphoma. Precautions taken to minimize false-positive interim-PET results include adherence to a 3-week interval between chemotherapy and interim-PET scanning, avoidance of hematopoietic growth factors, and SUV-based rather than visual interim-PET assessment. So far, 175 patients have been enrolled of whom 128 have reached interim-PET scanning. In patients with a positive scan, relapses were six times more frequent than in patients with a negative scan. Recruitment into the trial continues.
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PMID:Positron emission tomography guided therapy of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas--the PETAL trial. 1986 77

Cytogenetic abnormalities seen at presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL/ LBL) are associated with distinct clinical and hematologic disease entities. T-ALL/LBL are morphologically indistinguishable from those of B-ALL/LBL. An abnormal kariotype is found in 50-70% of cases of T-ALL/LBL. We present a 35-year old male patient with T-ALL/LBL and t(8;14)(q24;q11.2). Our patient presented with B-symptoms, bulky mediastinal disease and CNS infiltration. Bone marrow was morphologically normal and cytogenetically without clonal aberrations. Cytological findings of the supraclavicular lymph node showed numerous CD3 positive (100%) and CD2 positive (88%) lymphoblasts, negative for CD34 and CD10. Flow cytometry of lymph node revealed T cell phenotype of immature cells: CD45+CD2+CD5+CD7+CD4+CD8+CD3cyt +CD3TdT+CD10-CD34-HLAD/DR-. Cytogenetic analysis of lymph node showed translocation t(1;4)(p32;p12), t(8;14)(q24;q11.2). Southern blot analysis of extracted DNA from the supraclavicular lymph node demonstrated clonal rearrangement of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR/J) gene (region Vb+Jb2). Based on these findings, diagnosis of T lymphoblastic non Hodgkin lymphoma was established. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed CNS infiltration with 49% lymphoblasts positive for CD4 and CD8. The disease progressed rapidly with poor response to therapy. T-ALL/LBL with an unusual t(8;14)(q24;q11.2) is a very rare hematologic disorder with rapid disease progression and poor response to conventional therapy because of frequent central nervous system involvement and early relapses.
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PMID:T-lymphoblastic lymphoma with an unusual t(8;14)(q24;q11)--case report. 2043 60

The Japan Association of Childhood Leukemia Study (JACLS) NHL-98 is a multicenter study designed to evaluate treatment outcomes in Japanese children with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) and mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). The study was supported by a central pathology review system and used a new, standardized protocol with short, intensive treatment regimens. From April 1998 to May 2002, 69 patients with B-NHL and B-ALL up to 16 years of age were enrolled in the NHL-98 study. Treatment was stratified by risk group; patients with limited disease were in groups A and B, and those with extensive disease were in groups C and D. Patients in groups B, C, and D received consolidation phases with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) followed by other multi-agent chemotherapy. Patients in group A did not receive either MTX or etoposide. Only patients in group D received etoposide. The event-free survival rates were 100% in groups A and B, 75.1% in group C, and 66.2% in group D. Overall, patients with limited disease had favorable results. For patients with extensive disease, additional treatment options such as increased doses of anticancer drugs warrant further investigation.
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PMID:Results of the Japan Association of Childhood Leukemia Study (JACLS) NHL-98 protocol for the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood. 2126 97

Simian virus 40 (SV40) is known to be potently oncogenic and can induce several types of tumours, such as lymphoma. p53 was discovered as a cellular partner of the SV40 large T-antigen, the oncoprotein of this virus. There have not been many studies on SV40 and p53 in lymphomas and the ones that exist, are controversial. A comparison of these two components in lymphoma has not been reported previously. We examined 91 lymphomas [60 B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (B-NHLs), 19 B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias (B-ALLs), 7 B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemias and 5 T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias] for the presence of SV40. Overall, 40 samples from 12 B-NHL/19 B-ALL patients were additionally investigated for p53 mutation in the hot-spot exons 5 to 8. Overall, we found 62/91 lymphomas to be SV40-positive, among them 16/19 B-ALLs and 38/60 B-NHLs. SV40 was absent in 147 of the 149 blood control samples. We found 11 p53 mutations in 19 B-ALL patients: 5 in exon 5 (codons 132, 141, 143, 155 and 181), 4 in exon 7 (codons 236, 238 and 248), 2 in exon 8 (codon 273). In B-NHL patients we found p53-mutations in 9/12 samples: 6 of these in 3 lymph nodes (LNs). One LN harboured 3 different p53 mutations: Exon 5 (codon 132), exon 6 (codon 213) and exon 8 (codon 288). Another LN showed 2 different p53 mutations: Exon 6 (codon 213) and exon 8 (codon 285). Except for 1 nonsense mutation in an LN of a B-NHL patient, all 20 mutations were missense mutations, 2 were homozygous, both found in B-NHL-samples, and one of these (codon 175) is known to cause the global denaturation of p53. All occur in the DNA-binding domain of p53. All specimens showing a p53 mutation, were SV40-positive. p53 mutaions found in LNs of B-NHL patients harbour high SV40 copy numbers. Our data strongly support an important role for SV40, as well as a strong association of SV40 and p53 in childhood lympho-proliferative disorders.
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PMID:SV40 and p53 as team players in childhood lymphoproliferative disorders. 2139 69


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