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Diagnosis and staging one - ... There's lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma

Ok, they have discovered or suspect you have a lymphoma. And now?

Now it is important to do two things. First, make sure it is really a type of lymphoma and lymphoma, because there are many different types and everyone you care differently. And it's important to know what has expanded the so-called "staging" to understand at what stage has arrived. Lymphoma does not "grow" only: it tends to spread to nearby lymph nodes, until they incorporated, and in the later stages it spreads to the bone marrow, which is the "factory" of cells blood. Obviously more is large and diffuse lymphoma, therapy should be more aggressive. Keep in mind that the prognosis (ie, "how will it end?") For lymphoma, particularly Hodgkin's is always very good compared to other tumors even in the later stages.

How to tell what kind of lymphoma you have? To know for sure there is only one way: take a piece and see what's there. So we must make a biopsy of a lymph node affected, that is, take a lymph node, and then the so-called histology, that is to see how cells are arranged and what is the "structure" of lymph node tissue.

nodes obviously be obtained by surgery. If you have deep-set easily accessible lymph nodes - above the collarbone, the armpit, groin, for example - it is a small operation that can usually be performed under local anesthesia. If the mass is deeper - for example the abdominal, or mediastinal, that is behind the sternum between the lungs and heart - you will need a different type of intervention, probably under general anesthesia. However you explain it all: remember to ask questions and understand it is your right, and that no question is stupid! Ask them to explain everything that is not capita and ask FIRST!

I said that lymphomas may be of many types. There are two main types: Hodgkin's disease (named after Mr. Hodgkin, who first described the typical symptoms associated with this disease), which in turn includes several variations, and the group of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, that is all ... others! That they too can be of different types ...

As I wrote, if you are interested in the various classifications refer you to the sites 'technical'. Here I tell of my experience with Hodgkin's disease, sclerosing variant.