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T-cell lymphoma describes several different types of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma which affect T cells. T cells are involved in four classes of lymphoma. Together with lymphomas involving NK cells, these account for perhaps one in eight cases of NHL.[1]
They can be associated with Epstein Barr virus and Human T-cell leukemia virus-1.[2]
The four classes are:
More information on various classification schemes is in the main lymphoma article.
Of all cancers involving the same class of blood cell, 8% of cases are mature T cell lymphomas.[3] Of such cases, 2% are precursor T lymphoblastic and 2% are cutaneous T cell lymphomas.[3]
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