It's no secret that the most important role in cancer treatment is accurate diagnosis. Hospital LІSOD uses all the modern diagnostic methods to help physicians detect clearly the presence of tumor, determine its type and degree of occurrence. To make a diagnosis of lymphoma should be tested on the following schedule:
Medical examination and consultation with a specialist oncologist performed in LІSOD leading foreign specialists.
The overall clinica... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
Views: 138 | Date: 25.08.2011
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Staging lymphoma helps to understand the extent of disease prevalence. This is important information to make the right decisions about treatment programs.
In accordance with generally accepted international classification (it is called the classification of Ann Arbor after the city in the U.S., where it was adopted) distinguish four stages of the disease: I, II, III and IV. By number, the stage is usually added th... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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The classification of lymphomas
In 1994, on the basis of morphological, phenotypic and genotypic studies has been proposed revised European-American classification of Lymphomas (Revised European-American Lymphoma - REAL-classification), which divided the Hodgkin's lymphoma in two basic types - classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and lymphoid nodular variant predominance. Classical Hodgkin lymphoma is divided into four hi... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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Age is one of prognostically unfavorable factors for the development of NHL. Most cases of NHL diagnosed in people older than 60 years, whereas Hodgkin's lymphoma has two peak ages - from 15 to 40, and over 50 years;
Glaser in the mid-1990s, suggested that pregnancy after age 35 could potentially prevent the development of Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is then confirmed by the Norwegian research;
For Hodgkin's lymphoma is also interesting is the dependence ... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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Lymphoma - a group of hematologic diseases of lymphatic tissue, characterized by enlarged lymph nodes and / or lesions of various organs, in which the uncontrolled accumulation of "tumor" of lymphocytes. The first symptoms of lymphoma - increasing the size of lymph nodes of different groups (neck, armpit or groin).
For lymphoma is characterized by a primary tumor focus, like solid tumors. However, lymphomas are n... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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Usually, the first symptom of lymphoma is a significant increase in the size of lymph nodes in the neck, armpits or groin. In this case, unlike infectious d... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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The choice of treatment programs depends on the type of lymphoma and the patient's condition.
Indolent lymphoma in some cases may not require treatment, is sufficient supervision of a physician (hematologist or oncologist). However, the first signs of disease progression: enlarged lymph nodes, increasing weakness, fever, and others are a signal for the start of treatment. With locally advanced stages often use radiotherapy - radiation affected lymph nodes. I... Read more »
Category: Lymphoma |
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