Clinicopathological Factors Affecting Prognosis in Marginal Zone Lymphoma in Asian Patients: a Cohort Study

Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL) refers to a group of lymphomas arising from B lymphocytes located in the marginal zone of secondary lymphoid follicles. MZL represents 5 – 15% of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults [1] and is among the commonest of indolent lymphomas, second to follicular lymphoma [2]. According to the latest WHO classification, MZL consists of three distinct subtypes: 9% splenic MZL, 30% nodal MZL, and 61% extranodal MZL of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), otherwise called MALT lymphomas Extranodal MZL of MZL and the the Lymphoma