Peripheral T-cell lymphoma

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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma. This is an aggressive form of lymphoma that is most often discovered at an advanced stage. It is most common in people over 60 and makes up about 6% of all lymphoma in the United States and Europe.

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
Patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma have diffuse large cell or diffuse mixed lymphoma that expresses a cell surface phenotype of a postthymic (or peripheral) T-cell expressing CD4 or CD8 but not both together.

peripheral T-cell lymphoma One of a group of aggressive (fast-growing) non-Hodgkin's lymphomas that begin in mature T lymphocytes (T cells that have matured in the thymus gland and gone to other lymphatic sites in the body, including lymph nodes, ...

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
Poor survival despite treatment -likely to have needs.
Enteropathy type intestinal T-cell lymphoma ...

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise characterized*
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma*
*Aggressive.

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), excluding ALCL, is very rare in children.

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The T-cell lymphomas are highly diverse and include lymphoblastic lymphoma (mainly in children and adolescents, where they account for about half of pediatric lymphomas); peripheral T-cell lymphoma (a heterogeneous group of generally aggressive ...

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term T-cell lymphoma is applied to those lymphomas in which the malignant T-cells have the features of T-lymphocytes by immunophenotyping or special molecular diagnostic studies. Four major types of T-cell lymphoma: are peripheral T-cell lymphoma, ...

non-Hodgkin's lymphomas that begin in mature T lymphocytes (T cells that have matured in the thymus gland and gone to other lymphatic sites in the body, including lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen.) Also called peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

T-cell lymphoma, hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma, subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides/Sézary's syndrome, primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma, T/null cell, peripheral T-cell lymphoma (unspecified), ...

FOLOTYN (FOH-loh-tin) A drug used in the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (a fast-growing form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma). It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

See also: Lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, Cancer, Fusion, Leukemia