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==Overview== | |||
==Treatment== | |||
* Treatment includes radiation and chemotherapy. | |||
* Early-stage indolent B-cell lymphomas can often be treated with radiation alone, with long-term non-recurrence. | |||
* Early-stage aggressive disease is treated with chemotherapy and often radiation, with a 70-90% cure rate.<ref name="mmhe">[http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec14/ch177/ch177c.html Merck Manual home edition], Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas</ref> | |||
* Late-stage indolent lymphomas are sometimes left untreated and monitored until they progress. | |||
* Late-stage aggressive disease is treated with chemotherapy, with cure rates of over 70%.<ref name="mmhe">[http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec14/ch177/ch177c.html Merck Manual home edition], Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas</ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Treatment
- Treatment includes radiation and chemotherapy.
- Early-stage indolent B-cell lymphomas can often be treated with radiation alone, with long-term non-recurrence.
- Early-stage aggressive disease is treated with chemotherapy and often radiation, with a 70-90% cure rate.[1]
- Late-stage indolent lymphomas are sometimes left untreated and monitored until they progress.
- Late-stage aggressive disease is treated with chemotherapy, with cure rates of over 70%.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Merck Manual home edition, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas