T-cell subtype - delta/gamma

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T-cell subtype - delta/gamma

Last update: 08/30/2003

Delta Gamma is a provisional subtype of t-cell lymphomas.

"'Expression of TCR gamma delta on tumor cells was found in

	five (33%) of 15 patients with precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma,
	one (25%) of four with T-cell granular lymphocytic leukemia
	and five (26%) of 19 with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL),
	whereas no expression was found in 11 patients with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma."

Source: Gamma delta T-cell neoplasms: a clinicopathological study of 11 cases. Ann Oncol. 2002 Nov;13(11):1792-8. Review. PMID: 12419753

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