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The mature T-cell and natural killer (NK)-cell lymphomas represent 10–15% of the non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) by incidence and comprise 23 clinicopathologic entities in the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) classification (see Chapter 3).

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