Management of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in patients with extra copies of the MALT1 gene.

CONCLUSION: Patients with t(11;18) translocation should be treated differently from others. Patients with extra copies of MALT1 could be initially treated with H. pylori eradication, similar to patients without t(11;18) translocation or extra copies of MALT1.
PMID: 28970731 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - September 7, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Iwamuro M, Takenaka R, Nakagawa M, Moritou Y, Saito S, Hori S, Inaba T, Kawai Y, Toyokawa T, Tanaka T, Yoshino T, Okada H Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research