Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma
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Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which too many T-cell lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the lymph nodes and spleen. Also called T-lymphoblastic lymphoma, it is most common in young men. {{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
Epidemiology
Of all cancers involving the same class of blood cell, 2% of cases are precursor T lymphoblastic.{{cite book
|author=Turgeon, Mary Louise
|title=Clinical hematology: theory and procedures
|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
|location=Hagerstown, MD
|year=2005
|pages=283
|isbn=0-7817-5007-5
|quote=Frequency of lymphoid neoplasms. (Source: Modified from WHO Blue Book on Tumour of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001, p. 2001.)
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External links
- [http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?CdrID=509757 Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma] entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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