Entities versus diseases: Myers et al. propose distinct aspects of adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia
Stefano A. Pileri · 2024
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Stefano Pileri comments on a study arguing that one blood cancer wears different faces in different parts of the world, in a 2024 editorial. The disease, adult T-cell lymphoma and leukemia, is driven by a retrovirus found in pockets worldwide, and most published knowledge rests on Japanese cases with their four subtypes and known mutation patterns.
The study under discussion turns to Western patients and finds their disease differs in character. Pileri weighs what that means for how doctors classify the illness: whether it is one entity with regional variation or several diseases sharing a name. He sets the new findings against the standing classifications, whose diagnostic criteria have barely changed across editions.
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| CREATOR | Stefano A. Pileri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |