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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Leuk Res. 2009 Jun 7;34(2):190. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.05.007

Table 1.

t(14;18)-positive lymphomas according to histologic subtype based on FISH assays of archival paraffin-embedded tumor samplesa.

NHL Subtype t(14;18)-positive t(14;18)-negative
N % N %
Follicular 36 84 7 16
Diffuse Large Cell 26 39 40 61
Small lymphocytic 5 33 10 67
Burkitt/Burkitt-like 6 50 6 50
Mantle Cell 3 100 0 0
Marginal zone 0 0 1 100
Lymphoblastic 0 0 1 100
Lymphoplasmacytic 0 0 1 100
Unclassified 6 60 4 40
Total 82 54 70 46
a

NHL subtypes were determined using a modified (World Health Organization) WHO classification scheme based on morphology only. Translocation status was determined using commercially available FISH assays for t(14;18) (Vysis, Abbott Molecular Inc., Des Plaines, IL).