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Extranodal NK-T-cell lymphoma risk factors

Introduction

Overview

Overview

There is a strong association between with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma and EBV virus.There is a strong assosiation between Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma andFas(Po-1/CD95) mutations.

Risk Factors

Risk Factors

  • There is a strong association between with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma and EBV virus.[1]
  • Studies revealed that there is a constant assosiation between NK/T-cell lymphoma with EBV in the world.[2][3][4]
  • There is a strong assosiation between Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma andFas(Po-1/CD95) mutations.[5]
References

References

  1. ↑ Ng SB, Khoury JD (2009). “Epstein-Barr virus in lymphoproliferative processes: an update for the diagnostic pathologist”. Adv Anat Pathol. 16 (1): 40–55. doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181916029. PMID 19098466.
  2. ↑ Kanavaros P, Lescs MC, Brière J, Divine M, Galateau F, Joab I; et al. (1993). “Nasal T-cell lymphoma: a clinicopathologic entity associated with peculiar phenotype and with Epstein-Barr virus”. Blood. 81 (10): 2688–95. PMID 8387835.
  3. ↑ Mishima, Kenji; Horiuchi, Keisuke; Kojya, Shizuo; Takahashi, Hiroomi; Ohsawa, Masahiko; Aozasa, Katsuyuki (1994). “Epstein-barr virus in patients with polymorphic reticulosis (lethal midline granuloma) from china and japan”. Cancer. 73 (12): 3041–3046. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19940615)73:12<3041::AID-CNCR2820731224>3.0.CO;2-K. ISSN 0008-543X.
  4. ↑ Harabuchi Y, Yamanaka N, Kataura A, Imai S, Kinoshita T, Mizuno F; et al. (1990). “Epstein-Barr virus in nasal T-cell lymphomas in patients with lethal midline granuloma”. Lancet. 335 (8682): 128–30. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)90002-m. PMID 1967431.
  5. ↑ Suda T, Takahashi T, Golstein P, Nagata S (1993). “Molecular cloning and expression of the Fas ligand, a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family”. Cell. 75 (6): 1169–78. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90326-l. PMID 7505205.


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