1. Childhood, adolescent and young adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma: state of the science.
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Cairo, Mitchell S. and Pinkerton, Ross
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HODGKIN'S disease , *CHILDREN , *YOUNG adults , *KILLER cells , *CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The 5th International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult ( CAYA) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ( NHL) was held in Varese, Italy, from 21-25 October 2015. This review represents a summary of the scientific sessions of this international symposium including childhood, adolescent and young adult ( AYA) NHL in countries with limited socio-economic resources, AYA NHL, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, B-cell NHL, lymphoblastic lymphoma, T/natural killer cell NHL and immunological therapies in NHL. Most importantly, the new International Paediatric NHL Staging System ( IPNHLSS) and International Paediatric NHL Response Criteria ( IPNHLRC) were introduced during the symposium. The symposium brought together a multinational and multidisciplinary group of clinicians and basic scientists focused in this field of haematological malignancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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