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Malignant Lymphoma

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Manual of Clinical Oncology

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Abstract

Lymphomas are malignant diseases arising from lymphoreticular cells. Such cells are located primarily in lymph nodes and thus enlargement of the lymph nodes is the leading clinical symptom. However, because of the wide distribution of lymphoreticular cells throughout the body, lymphomas may arise in extranodal and extralymphatic tissues such as lung, gastrointestinal tract, bone, testes and brain.

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  1. J. G. McVie
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  2. D. K. Hossfeld
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Highland Hospital, 1000 South Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA

    Charles D. Sherman Jr. MD (Chairman, UICC Professional Education Program, Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Chairman, UICC Professional Education Program, Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  2. Medical University Clinic, Martinistrasse 52, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Germany

    Dieter K. Hossfeld MD (Chairman, Manual Revision Project, Profesor of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology) (Chairman, Manual Revision Project, Profesor of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology)

  3. University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Ave.,Room 7615, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Richard R. Love MD (Senior Editor, Part I, MCO, Associate Professor of Human Oncology) (Senior Editor, Part I, MCO, Associate Professor of Human Oncology)

  4. Unit of Field and Intervention Studies, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, Lyon Cedex 08, 69372, France

    F. X. Bosch MD

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McVie, J.G., Hossfeld, D.K. (1982). Malignant Lymphoma. In: Sherman, C.D., Hossfeld, D.K., Love, R.R., Bosch, F.X. (eds) Manual of Clinical Oncology. UICC International Union Against Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97267-6_33

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