Neoplastic Process
T-cell lymphoma
[ tee sel lim-foh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Definitions related to t-cell lymphoma:
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A disease in which certain cells of the lymph system (called T lymphocytes) become cancer.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A type of lymphoma that originates in T-cells.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(lymphoma, t-cell) A group of heterogeneous lymphoid tumors representing malignant transformations of T-lymphocytes.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(t-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma) A non-Hodgkin lymphoma of T-cell lineage. It includes the T lymphoblastic lymphoma and the mature T- and NK-cell lymphomas. -- 2003NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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