Hopefully, the indolent lymphoma you face will prove to be "well-behaved" and you won't need to make a decision for many years, and that when the time to treat is at hand there will be even better therapies and knowledge about how to use existing treatments.
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www.lymphomation.org/watchfulwaiting.htm
www.lymphomation.org/watchfulwaiting.htm
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About Lymphoma > Types of Lymphoma > Aggressive and Indolent Lymphomas ... Indolent, Stage I and Contiguous Stage II Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer.gov ... Indolent, Recurrent Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer.gov...
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www.lymphomation.org/type-by-grade.htm
www.lymphomation.org/type-by-grade.htm
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Low-grade is another term that refers to indolent lymphoma. Before discussing the individual types it is important to review some of the characteristics common to all indolent lymphomas. ... Autologous stem cell transplants are highly successful in treating transformed indolent lymphoma. One study shows that the results...
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www.nhlcyberfamily.org/types/indolent.htm
www.nhlcyberfamily.org/types/indolent.htm
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Expert review by: Indolent Follicular Lymphoma; What is lymphoma? Lymphoma is a cancer of the white blood cells, namely lymphocytes, that happen to constitute the lymphatic system. The two main types of lymphoma are Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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www.lymphoma.org/atf/cf/%7B0363CDD6-51B5-427B-BE48-E6AF871ACEC9%7D/INDOLENT%20FOLLICULAR.PDF
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A type of lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, and has few symptoms. Also called low-grade lymphoma. ... Print This Page ... More NCI Dictionaries...
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www.nci.nih.gov/dictionary/?CdrID=45735
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Stage III and IV Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas: Almost all people with indolent lymphomas have stage III or IV disease. They do not always require treatment initially, but they are monitored for evidence of lymphoma progression, which could signal a need for therapy, sometimes years after the initial diagnosis.
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www.merck.com/mmhe/sec14/ch177/ch177c.html
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Indolent lymphomas are a markedly heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders including B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. ... The Medscape Journal...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/10681729?queryText=ly...
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/10681729?queryText=lymphoma
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... and it rose to 431/microL by 3 years and to 650/microL at 4 years. CD8 counts did not change significantly. The median baseline serum IgG level was 989 mg/d, decreased to 536 mg/dL at 1 year and to 693 mg/dL at 2 years, and it rose to 949 mg/dL at 3 years and to 1080 mg...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15948158
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That point was driven home to me about 2 1/2 years ago when, shortly after a routine physical, I was diagnosed with what the doctors call an indolent lymphoma. Of the 30-plus kinds of lymphoma this is a "good" kind, if there is such a thing.
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