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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma surgery

Introduction

Overview

Overview

The feasibility of surgery depends on the type of anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Surgery

Surgery

  • The feasibility of surgery depends on the type of anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
  • Surgery may be helpful to remove the affected skin in primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma. [1][2]
References

References

  1. ↑ Million, Lynn; Yi, Esther J.; Wu, Frank; Von Eyben, Rie; Campbell, Belinda A.; Dabaja, Bouthaina; Tsang, Richard W.; Ng, Andrea; Wilson, Lynn D.; Ricardi, Umberto; Kirova, Youlia; Hoppe, Richard T. (2016). “Radiation Therapy for Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: An International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group Multi-institutional Experience”. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 95 (5): 1454–1459. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.03.023. ISSN 0360-3016.
  2. ↑ Kasem, Kais; O’Brien, Blake; Taylor, Kerry (2017). “Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma with unusual ALK-positivity: a case report”. Pathology. 49: S134. doi:10.1016/j.pathol.2016.09.037. ISSN 0031-3025.

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