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. 2012;34(1):42–47. doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120013

Table 2.

Histologic subtype distribution (%) according to reviewed histology of 737 cases registered in the T-cell project by geographic region

Overall Europe USA South America Middle/Far East
PTCL-NOS 38 40 42 42 26
AITL 17 20 21 8 15
ALCL, ALK- 13 14 9 23 6
ALCL, ALK+ 7 6 8 8 4
NK/T nasal, nasal type, lymphoma/leukemia 13 6 9 13 31
Other histologies 12 14 11 6 18

PTCL: Peripheral T-cell lymphomas; NOS: Not otherwise specified; AITL: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; ALCL: Anaplastic large cell lymphomas; ALK: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase; NK: Natural killer