LYMPHOID NEOPLASIA Patient age at diagnosis is associated with the molecular characteristics of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

1Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel/University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; 2Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; 3Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; 4NHL-BFM Study Center, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany; 5Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel/University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; 6Institute of Pathology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 7Cytogenetic and Molecular Diagnostics, Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; and 8Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany