Treatment options for lymphoma
Certain factors affect the chance of recovery and treatment options
-The patient's symptoms
-The stage of the cancer
-The type of lymphoma
-Blood test results
-The patient's age, gender and general health
-Whether the cancer is recurrent or progressive
.Treatment options for lymphoma are:
-Watchful Waiting
-Chemotherapy
-Biological Therapy
-Radiation Therapy
-Stem Cell Transplantation
-If patient has indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma without symptoms, he/she may not need treatment for the cancer right away.
-Doctor watches the patient’s health closely so that treatment can start when he/she begin to have symptoms.
-Not getting cancer treatment right away is called watchful waiting.
-Chemotherapy for lymphoma uses drugs to kill lymphoma cells.
-It is called systemic therapy because the drugs travel through the bloodstream.
-The drugs can reach lymphoma cells in almost all parts of the body.
-People with certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma may have biological therapy.
-This type of treatment helps the immune system fight cancer.
-Monoclonal antibodies are the type of biological therapy used for lymphoma.
-They are proteins made in the lab that can bind to cancer cells. They help the immune system kill lymphoma cells.
-Radiation therapy for lymphoma uses high-energy rays to kill lymphoma cells.
-It can shrink tumors and help control pain.
Stem Cell Transplantation
- A method of replacing immature blood-forming cells in the bone marrow that have been destroyed by cancer.
-Stem cells are injected into the patient and make healthy blood cells.
.A stem cell transplant may be
-Autologous: Using a patient’s own stem cells that were saved before treatment
-Allogeneic: Using stem cells donated by someone who is not an identical twin
-Syngeneic : Using stem cells donated by an identical twin
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
-Indolent lymphoma with symptoms
-Treated with chemotherapy and biological therapy
-Radiation therapy may be used for people with Stage I or Stage II lymphoma.
-Aggressive lymphoma
-The treatment is usually chemotherapy and biological therapy.
-Radiation therapy also may be used.
-Relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma
-People with lymphoma that comes back after treatment may receive high doses of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both, followed by stem cell transplantation.
-People with Hodgkin’s lymphoma may be treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both
.Relapsed Hodgkin’s lymphoma
-People with lymphoma that comes back after treatment may receive high doses of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both, followed by stem cell transplantation.
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
-Electrocauteryu000b
Electrocautery uses a probe or needle heated by an electric current to destroy abnormal tissue.
For tumors in the airways, electrocautery is done through an endoscope.
-Watchful waiting
Watchful waiting is closely monitoring a patient’s condition without giving any treatment until symptoms appear or change.
This may be done in certain rare cases of non-small cell lung cancer.
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