Guidelines for the management of mature T- and natural killer-cell lymphomas (excluding cutaneous T-cell lymphoma): a British Society for Haematology Guideline

Abstract

Methodology This guideline was developed according to the British Society for Haematology (BSH) process at http://www.b-s-h.org.uk/guidelines. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) nomenclature was used to evaluate levels of evidence and to assess the strength of recommendations. The GRADE criteria are described at http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org. Literature review details Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed were searched for English language articles up to December 2020 using the keywords: peripheral T-cell lymphoma, T prolymphocytic leukaemia, large granular lymphocyte leukaemia, adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, extra-nodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, aggressive NK cell leukaemia, enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma, monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma, hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. Review of the manuscript Review of the manuscript was performed by the BSH Guidelines Committee, Haematology Oncology Task Force and the members of Haematology Oncology sounding board of the BSH. It was also on the members section of the BSH website for comment.