Author | Francesco Bertoni, MD

Articles

The Management of Nongastric MALT Lymphomas

January 15, 2014

No definite guidelines exist for the management of nongastric MALT lymphoma. Retrospective series have included patients treated with different modalities, and excellent cause-specific and overall survival have been demonstrated, independent of the type of treatment adopted.

Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

February 15, 2012

ByCatherine Thieblemont, MD, PhD

Frederic Davi, PhD

Maria-elena Noguera, MD

Josette Brière, MD, PhD

Francesco Bertoni, MD

Emanuele Zucca, MD

Alexandra Traverse-glehen, MD, PhD

Pascale Felman, MD

Françoise Berger, MD, PhD

Gilles Salles, MD, PhD

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD

In this article, we review the current knowledge on the biological findings, clinical features, and therapeutic approaches for splenic marginal zone lymphoma.

Nodal Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma

January 17, 2012

ByAlexandra Traverse-glehen, MD, PhD

Francesco Bertoni, MD

Catherine Thieblemont, MD, PhD

Emanuele Zucca, MD

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD

Françoise Berger, MD, PhD

Gilles Salles, MD, PhD

The aim of this review is twofold: to summarize descriptions of the clinical presentation provided in published series in order to help clinicians recognize and treat patients, and to discuss diagnostic difficulties faced by hematopathologists when dealing with these lesions and others in the differential diagnosis that must be distinguished from one another.

MALT Lymphomas: Pathogenesis Can Drive Treatment

November 15, 2011

ByFrancesco Bertoni, MD

Bertrand Coiffier, MD, PhD

Gilles Salles, MD, PhD

Anastasios Stathis, MD

Alexandra Traverse-glehen, MD, PhD

Catherine Thieblemont, MD, PhD

Emanuele Zucca, MD

Marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising from the lymphoid tissue at extranodal sites.