About Lymphoma

Last update: 01/11/2019

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What is Lymphoma
 

	Lymphoma overview
	The Lymphatic System
	Types of Lymphomas  & Classifications
	Lymphoma Simplified - how it begins
	What is Lymphoma - a detailed description

About Cancer  

Lymphoma is a cancer affecting immune cells called lymphocytes
 
About Lymphoma - General  
 
Where Lymphoma Develops

Type and Developmental Stages  determines lymphoma type

Characteristics of lymphoma
   Cell type  and   Histology  
   Grading  (counting centroblasts)
   Staging  (where and how widespread)

WHO & REAL classifications (two ways to evaluate and group types of NHL)

Host/tumor interactions - the microenvironment

The Big Picture:  Battling the Hematological Malignancies:  The 200 Years' War theoncologist | PDF

Background Topics
 

	Terms to help in your understanding: Diagnostic terms General and Immunity terms   Response and remission terms
	Antibiotics for Lymphoma treatment - indications
	Biology and Immunity Resources *
	Bone Marrow Involvement
	Diagnosis and Pathology
	Dictionary of cancer terms (NCI)
	Epigenetics background
	Expert Interviews
	Genes and Cancer: an overview
	Getting a Second Pathology Evaluation
	Grades and Cell Types
	Immunotherapy: Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer - National Cancer Institute http://bit.ly/2tA44gT Immune system - a video https://youtu.be/Lb-iMePZhLw
	Immune Suppression and Lymphoma
	Leukemic (blastoid) Phase
	Lymphatic System
	Metastasis of Lymphoma?
	Microenvironment
	Monitoring indolent lymphomas | DLBCL Initial Assessment, workups and Surveillance
	Paraneoplastic Syndromes (Mayo Clinic 2010)
	Prognostic Indicators and Biomarkers
	Prognostic and Need-to-Treat Indications Prognostic IPI | FLIPI / FLIPI-2 MIPI | CLL/SLL Need to Treat GELF | NCCN

	Relapse - considerations
	Response, Remission ... Terminology
	Risk Factors for acquiring lymphoma
	Spontaneous Regressions
	Staging
	Statistics - survival, incidence, prevalence, trends
	Symptoms of Lymphoma
	Testimonials - the problem with
	Transformation, about
	Treatment Goals, Terms, Outcomes, and  Types of Interventions
	Tumor Basics
	Watchful Waiting

Resources
 

Expert Review Articles and Interviews

 Treatment-Related 
  

	Agents that target disease pathways
	Treatment Decisions
	Factors that Determine Treatment & Timing
	Questions for your Doctor
	Treatment Decisions | Watch & Wait
	Options at relapse?
	Overview
	Types - Overview

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