| Clinics and Pathology |
| Disease | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) |
| Epidemiology | only 2 cases so far, aaged 42 and 57 yrs; 2 female patients |
| Prognosis | one patient is alive at 12 mths+, the other one died at 31 mths. |
| Cytogenetics |
| Cytogenetics Morphological | the anomaly had been uncovered by SKY |
| the unbalanced form der(6)t(6;8) was found in the two cases | |
| Genes involved and Proteins |
| Note | genes involved are yet unknown |
| External links |
| Other database | t(6;8)(q11;q11) | Mitelman database (CGAP - NCBI) | |
| Other database | t(6;8)(q11;q11) | CancerChromosomes (NCBI) |
| To be noted |
| Additional cases are needed to delineate the epidemiology of this rare entity: you are welcome to submit a paper to our new Case Report section. |
| Bibliography |
| Spectral karyotyping identifies new rearrangements, translocations, and clinical associations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. |
| Nanjangud G, Rao PH, Hegde A, Teruya-Feldstein J, Donnelly G, Qin J, Jhanwar SC, Zelenetz AD, Chaganti RS |
| Blood. 2002 ; 99 (7) : 2554-2561. |
| PMID 11895793 |
| Contributor(s) |
| Written | 07-2002 | Jean-Loup Huret |
| Citation |
| This paper should be referenced as such : |
| Huret JL . t(6;8)(q11;q11). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. July 2002 . URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Anomalies/t0608q11q11ID1253.html |
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