What do you know about Non Hodgekin Lymphoma?

What do you know about Non Hodgekin Lymphoma?

What do you know about Non Hodgekin Lymphoma?
I have NHL,mine is indolent which means that it is slow growing, at this time it is not "curable" but it is treatable.





There are many new drugs and treatments in the pipeline,


I am currently being treated with a relatively new treatment





Zevalin and Rituxan


Radioimmunotherapy is a newly approved cancer treatment that combines two types of


therapies — radiation therapy and immune therapy using monoclonal antibodies


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Reply:There are MANY different types of NHL. It is important to determine the cell type (how it started) as well as where it has spread( lymph nodes and bone marrow being common). Many types are curable. Some are treatable, but not curable.
Reply:Not much medically technical information. My father had it for 15 years before dying from it. He was in remission for quite some time. He was able to work and then retire; he was able to see four grandchildren be born. He was able to get to know these grandchildren and they still remember and talk about him. He did have pain and discomfort but I believe he relished the 15 years he had, lymphoma or not.
Reply:Introduction


Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is cancer that originates in your lymphatic system, the disease-fighting network spread throughout your body. In non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, tumors develop from white blood cells (lymphocytes). These tumors can occur at different locations in your body. There are more than 30 types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.





Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more than seven times as common as the other general type of lymphoma — Hodgkin's disease. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been one of the most rapidly increasing types of cancer in the United States, having more than doubled in incidence since the 1970s.





The good news is that although the incidence has increased, so has the survival rate. As with other cancers, the earlier you receive a diagnosis, the greater your chance for a successful treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Reply:All i really know is my dad was diognosed with it in the early 1980s he had chemo quite a lot in the early days but back then i was only about 7ish as he got older he went into remission for 11years and then it came back with full force we wasn't sure but i think my dad knew it had come back but wanted to handle it in his own way, he went into hospital in 2000 and we were told he had stage 5 non hodgkins its where the cancer attacks the whole of the body his lungs had both collapsed and had spread to his stomach, we were told he had a few weeks left and they were right but boy did he batlle