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===B symptoms=== | ===B symptoms=== | ||
*May be seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]] and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. | *May be seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]] and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. | ||
*Presence correlates with higher stage. | |||
*Predictor of poor prognosis independent of stage. | |||
All of 'em are required to call "B symptoms"<ref name=pmid5121694>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carbone | first1 = PP. | last2 = Kaplan | first2 = HS. | last3 = Musshoff | first3 = K. | last4 = Smithers | first4 = DW. | last5 = Tubiana | first5 = M. | title = Report of the Committee on Hodgkin's Disease Staging Classification. | journal = Cancer Res | volume = 31 | issue = 11 | pages = 1860-1 | month = Nov | year = 1971 | doi = | PMID = 5121694 | URL = http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=5121694 }}</ref> - mnemonic ''These '''B'''othersome features cause '''W'''ednesday '''N'''ight '''F'''ever'':<ref>URL: [http://www.internalizemedicine.com/2011/12/bury-buzzword-b-symptoms.html http://www.internalizemedicine.com/2011/12/bury-buzzword-b-symptoms.html]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> | All of 'em are required to call "B symptoms"<ref name=pmid5121694>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carbone | first1 = PP. | last2 = Kaplan | first2 = HS. | last3 = Musshoff | first3 = K. | last4 = Smithers | first4 = DW. | last5 = Tubiana | first5 = M. | title = Report of the Committee on Hodgkin's Disease Staging Classification. | journal = Cancer Res | volume = 31 | issue = 11 | pages = 1860-1 | month = Nov | year = 1971 | doi = | PMID = 5121694 | URL = http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=5121694 }}</ref> - mnemonic ''These '''B'''othersome features cause '''W'''ednesday '''N'''ight '''F'''ever'':<ref>URL: [http://www.internalizemedicine.com/2011/12/bury-buzzword-b-symptoms.html http://www.internalizemedicine.com/2011/12/bury-buzzword-b-symptoms.html]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> | ||