The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Purpose of This PDQ Summary

Added text to state that some reference citations in the summary are accompanied by a level-of-evidence designation that is intended to help readers assess the strength of the evidence supporting the use of specific interventions or approaches.

Cellular Classification

Added Sevilla et al. as reference 8.

Disseminated Childhood B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Added text to state that results from the pediatric international FAB/LMB study and BFM groups demonstrate that CNS disease at diagnosis is the strongest predictor of relapse for pediatric NHL, with the exception being lymphoblastic lymphoma (cited Salzburg et al. as reference 9).

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