title: T-cell Lymphoma Epidemiology: the Known and Unknown.
abstract: T-cell lymphoma, a collection of subtypes of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is a rare malignancy. The low prevalence of this disease has made it challenging to identify subtype-specific risk factors. Potential risk factors could enable us to identify high-risk patients and predict patient outcomes. Here, we report on the current epidemiologic and prognostic factors data associated with the individual subtypes both of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) found in large cohort and case studies. Additionally, with recent findings, as well as updates in the new World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lymphoid neoplasms, we consider what this could do to change our approach to this group of diseases.
authors.affiliation: , 1365 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Anh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.affiliation: , 1365 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Veldman
authors.affiliation: , 1365 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. mlechow@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lechowicz
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D017728:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; Epidemiology; Peripheral T-cell lymphoma; T-cell lymphoma