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Hematopoietic Tumors

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Lymphatic tumors in veterinary patients resemble non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in humans. They are a systemic neoplastic disease of lymphocytes or their precursors. They are a highly heterogeneous group of malignant tumors with varied biologic behavior due to their origin from different types of lymphocytes, despite the common terminology, which designates them all as lymphomas.

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Henrich, M. (2016). Hematopoietic Tumors. In: Klopfleisch, R. (eds) Veterinary Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41124-8_6

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