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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about non-Hodgkin lymphoma and death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Meaning of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-Hodgkin lymphoma:
(a)           means a heterogeneous group of malignant lymphoproliferative diseases that originate from T and B lymphocytes, and present as solid tumours of the immune system that lack Reed-Sternberg cells; and
(b)          includes Burkitt lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, adult T cell lymphoma/leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising within parenchymal organs; and
(c)          excludes myeloma, hairy cell leukaemia, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.
Death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.