In our data set (Table 5), 35 R-CHOP-treated cases in this group were classified into ten BL plus 25 DLBCL by BDC: the survival rate (remained alive or a complete remission from the treatment; for details see Table 5) of each class was 30 % and 68 %, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene DDIT3 and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.