Next-Generation-Sequencing of the Human B-Cell Receptor Improves Detection and Diagnosis and Enhances Disease Monitoring in Patients with Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma

• Main Authors: Chidimma Agatha Akpa (Author), Cora Husemann (Author), Chris Allen (Author), Ann-Christin von Brünneck (Author), Jana Ihlow (Author), Michael Hummel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas are slow-growing B-cell lymphomas mainly diagnosed in the stomach and termed gastric MALT lymphoma (G-MALT). Despite histological evaluation, immunostaining, and additional B-cell clonality analysis by fragment analysis, a clear-cut diagnosis is not...