Chromosome abnormalities in advanced stage T‐cell lymphoblastic lymphoma of children and adolescents: a report from Japanese Paediatric Leukaemia/Lymphoma Study Group (JPLSG) and review of the literature

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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) are combined into one category as T lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma in the current World Health Organization (WHO) classification. However, there is still ongoing discussion on whether T-ALL and T-LBL are two separate entities or represent two variant phenotypes of the same disease. Cytogenetic analysis has been used to...