Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with clonally-related monoclonal B lymphocytosis indicates a common precursor cell

• Agnieszka Malecka,
• Anne Tierens,
• Ingunn Østlie,
• Roland Schmitz,
• Gunhild Trøen,
• Signe Spetalen,
• Louis M. Staudt,
• Erlend Smeland,
• Harald Holte,
• Jan Delabie

Affiliations

Agnieszka Malecka

Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Anne Tierens

Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ingunn Østlie

Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Roland Schmitz

Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Gunhild Trøen

Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Signe Spetalen

Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Louis M. Staudt

Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Erlend Smeland

Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway;Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Norway

Harald Holte

Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Norway;Department of Oncology, Cancer Clinic, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Jan Delabie

Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Norway