在流行病学上,涉及同一類血細胞的癌症(Lymphoproliferative disorders),8%的病例是屬於"成熟性T細胞淋巴瘤"(mature T cell lymphomas)。[3] 而從這些病例中、有2%是屬於"前體T淋巴細胞瘤"(precursor T lymphoblastic),另2%是屬於"皮膚T細胞淋巴瘤"(cutaneous T cell lymphoma)。[3]
^ 3.03.1Turgeon, Mary Louise. Clinical hematology: theory and procedures. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005: 283. ISBN 0-7817-5007-5. Frequency of lymphoid neoplasms. (Source: Modified from WHO Blue Book on Tumour of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001, p. 2001.)