CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A rare form of blood cancer is now at the center of a new research effort at UVA Health.
The UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined an international consortium working to better treat peripheral T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive blood cancer.
Doctors say the disease can be difficult to treat because there are more than 30 different subtypes, and only about 5,000 to 10,000 cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S…