Impact of timing and precision of histopathological diagnosis on outcomes of patients with Burkitt lymphoma and high-grade B-cell lymphoma.

These results suggest that timely and precise histopathological diagnosis as well as reference histopathological review of the underlying lymphoma is critical to determine up-front treatment strategies. Consequently, selection of more aggressive treatment protocols in case of difficulties with discrimination between DLBCL/HGBL/BL may be a reasonable approach.