Emma Kroeze, Ingram Iaccarino, Michelle M Kleisman, Mayukh Mondal, Thomas Beder, Mouhamad Khouja, Marc P Höppner, Marijn A Scheijde-Vermeulen, Lennart A Kester, Monika Brüggemann, Claudia D Baldus, Gunnar Cario, Reno S Bladergroen, Nathalie Garnier, Andishe Attarbaschi, Jaime Verdu-Amorós, Rosemary Sutton, Elizabeth A Macintyre, Kenneth Scholten, Laura Arias Padilla, Birgit Burkhardt, Auke Beishuizen, Monique L den Boer, Roland P Kuiper, Jan L C Loeffen, Judith M Boer, Wolfram Klapper
Pediatric B-cell precursor (BCP) lymphoblastic malignancies are neoplasms with manifestation either in bone marrow/blood (BCP acute lymphoblastic leukemia, BCP-ALL) or less common in extramedullary tissue (BCP lymphoblastic lymphoma, BCP-LBL). Although both presentations are similar in morphology and immunophenotype, molecular studies are virtually restricted to BCP-ALL so far. The lack of molecular studies on BCP-LBL is due to its rarity and the restriction to small, mostly formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues...
April 8, 2024: Blood