Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Linfoma de tejido linfoide asociado con la mucosa
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (myoo-KOH-suh-uh-SOH-see-ay-ted LIM-foyd TIH-shoo lim-FOH-muh)
A type of cancer that arises in cells in mucosal tissue that are involved in antibody production. Also called MALT lymphoma.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.