“It appears that, at least for MCL and SMZL, splenectomy has largely gone away as a diagnostic or therapeutic modality… We do [splenectomies] often for difficult cases, thus avoiding many surgeries, ...
—Before making a decision about splenectomy, get a thorough hematopathology review of available diagnostic material—and advice from a lymphoma specialist. Reviewed by Chaitra Ujjani, MD, Associate ...
What is the best treatment for a 51-year-old woman with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the spleen who underwent splenectomy? There was no other localization of disease. Although the spleen is ...
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) is a rare, indolent B-cell lymphoma that principally involves the spleen, often extending to the bone marrow and peripheral blood, while nodal involvement remains ...
The precise molecular pathogenesis of splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) is still unknown. Clinical and epidemiological data suggest that chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may have an ...
Primary and metastatic tumors of the spleen are described as unusual, excluding involvement by lymphoma. Indeed, isolated splenic metastasis from colorectal carcinoma is not a common occurrence. Its ...
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Leukemia vs. lymphoma
Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Leukemia starts in the bone marrow and spreads through the ...
Dexabeam versus ICE salvage regimen prior to autologous transplantation for relapsed or refractory aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphoma: A retrospective evaluation of parallel patient cohorts of one ...
Long-term results of the phase II trial of the oral mTOR inhibitor everolimus (RAD001) in relapsed or refractory Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO ...
We expand on the data presented by Hermine et al., who demonstrated the antitumor efficacy of interferon alfa in hepatitis C virus (HCV)–infected patients with marginal-zone lymphoma. 1 We report the ...
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is a group of over 60 subtypes of cancer that originate in the lymphocytes, which are white blood cells within the lymphatic system. NHL subtypes are categorized based on ...
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What Is Stage 3 Lymphoma?
Stage 3 lymphoma is a type of cancer that starts in a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes and has spread to lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm. It may also be in other organs near ...
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