MALT lymphoma of the lung

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Does MALT lymphoma of the lung require immediate treatment? (Anticancer Res. 2007 Sep-Oct;27(5B):3633-7.). Authors are Troch M Streubel B Petkov V et al., from the Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) of the lung is a relatively rare disease. As little is known about the natural clinical course if left untreated, all patients undergoing a watch-and-wait policy at our institution were investigated.Our findings suggest that MALT lymphoma of the lung is a very indolent disease with the potential for spontaneous regression. In view of this, patients diagnosed with pulmonary MALT lymphoma might not require immediate treatment in the absence of symptoms and a watch-and-wait policy could be adopted. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.