We also reported that ALK+ALCL cell lines and patient samples exhibited MSI and abnormal MSH2 cytoplasmic localization, which are both evidence of MMR deficiency.4 In this study, we tested the hypothesis that p-Y of MSH2 is a critical step in the deregulation of MMR by NPM-ALK. The gene discussed is NPM1; the disease is mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1.