MYC and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Assessment of C-MYC oncogene condition is critical for differentiating diagnosis and predicting prognosis in Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma harboring a C-MYC translocation (Dalla-Favera et al., 1982; Ott, Rosenwald & Campo, 2013; Savage et al., 2009).