These phenomena may be explained by the remained MUT-p53-like function in the MUT-TP53/p63+ cases, whereas TP63 mutations and expression of different p63 isoforms may not be significant factors as suggested by the previous studies [5, 25, 43] and our preliminary data of TP63 mutations in DLBCL (unpublished data). Here, TP53 is linked to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.