What exactly is lymphoma

What exactly is Lymphoma?

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma — formerly known as Hodgkin’s disease — is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of your immune system. In Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally and may spread beyond the lymphatic sy…

What is lymphoma?

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If you’ve ever had a friend with this disease, you might have wondered what exactly is lymphoma. Lymphoma is an overall name for many different forms of cancer that involve the lymphocytes, which are cells in the immune system. It mostly af…

What are lymphomas?

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Lymphoma is a kind of cancer that starts in the lymphatic system. There are 2 main types of cancer of the lymphatic system: Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In either type, cells in the lymphatic system grow out of control. Usu…

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What exactly is Lymphoma?

Q: My dad, who’s 60 was diagnosed with Lymphoma, what exactly is it? How serious is it? and what could his survival rate be?I don’t want my dad, to die =[My dad also has Leukemia, and apparently has tons of ‘lymphomas’

A: Hodgkin’s lymphoma — formerly known as Hodgkin’s disease — is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of your immune system. In Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally and may spread beyond the lymphatic system. As Hodgkin’s lymphoma progresses, it compromises your body’s ability to fight infection. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of two common types of cancers of the lymphatic system. The other type, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is far more common. Advances in diagnosis and treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma have helped to make this once uniformly fatal disease highly treatable, with the potential for full recovery. The prognosis continues to improve for people with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 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 lymphocytes — a type of white blood cell. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is more than five times as common as the other general type of lymphoma — Hodgkin’s disease.The good news is that although the incidence has increased, so has the survival rate. As with other cancers, the earlier the diagnosis, the greater your chance for a successful treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. You have not given any other details of your father viz. stage of the disease, treatments given, etc. and if you had given full details I could have tried to give better answer.However please do the needful medically and if he is in the early stages he will do alright. Best wishes. –

My father in law was diagnosed on Fri. with advanced inoperable lymphoma. What exactly that does that mean?

Q: My in laws live half way across the country, and on Friday he was given the news from a biopsy. That was the only news given and my mother in law was told that this week they would discuss treatments if any. Does this mean it is too late for him or does it just mean they can’t operate to take out the cancer?I am not too familiar with cancer terms and definitions so if anyone could help that would be great!

A: krazykid- “advanced inoperable lymphoma” “advanced” means the lymphoma has spread from wherever in the body it started to one or more distant locations in the body.”lymphoma” is a form of cancer which develops from lymphoid tissue(s) in the body which are in a number of different locations wherever lymph nodes are located.”inoperable” means that surgery alone could not remove all the tumor from the body.With surgery not able to cure, the treatment will likely be by chemotherapy (drugs) that can travel anywhere in the blood to attack and destroy the lymphoma cells. Sometimes radiation may be used along with chemotherapy. The cancer physician treatment specialist (oncologist or hematologist/oncologist) can best provide further treatment infomation. There are a number of different types of lymphoma and the treatments will differ somewhat. Talk to your father-in-law’s physician.

Lymphoma–what exactly are non-tender lymph nodes?

Q: I’ve recently experienced a lot of soreness along the lymph nodes on either side of my throat, and on either side on the back of my neck. The pain even woke me up one night. A few days later, I noticed a bit of a sore throat–about like a dry, scratchy throat that persisted throughout the day. I haven’t had a fever or any other noticeable symptoms besides the pain.The doctor said the nodes on the back of my neck are “slightly inflamed” but that no other nodes were inflamed. The whole area, front and back, aches pretty often, but they don’t hurt when I press on them lightly. Are these the kind of painless lymph nodes that are a sign of lymphoma?More details: the doctor did a CBC and a mono test, all came back normal. The nodes in back are movable and fairly hard (by my own estimate). The nurse who called with the results said rest and get water–I asked about cancer and she said there were no signs of it in the test. Should I go back and insist on a biopsy?

A: No — the painless enlarged nodes of lymphoma are just that, totally painless. They often feel rubbery and aren’t sore to either the touch or in general. I had lymph nodes swell up that took up my entire left side and it was completely painless. Lymphoma usually only causes pain when it swells up to such a point that it’s putting pressure on your nerves.Since you have symptoms of a virus (i.e. a sore throat) and your nodes are sore, your doctor probably has decided the nodes are almost certainly infectious. I’d watch the nodes and if they eventually shrink back to normal, you’re fine. Most of the time the nodes swell up due to a virus or infection, not cancer. If, however, you start noticing fevers, night sweats, weight loss or the nodes start to swell bigger, go back to the doctor.