Browsing: Lymphoma

In many cases, the first sign of a serious health condition is something that the person themselves notices. A mark,…

Lymphoma is the cancer of lymphocytes, infection-fighting cells of the immune system. Lymphocytes are present in the lymph nodes, thymus, bone-marrow, and various other parts of the body. In lymphoma, lymphocytes change and grow out of control. Lymphoma cancer starts in the white blood cells, or lymphocytes and can spread, or metastasize, to different parts of the body because it is present in the blood stream.

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas begin due to an abnormality in a type of white blood cell (B-cell or T-cell), resulting in an uncontrolled division of these cells and therefore producing more and more abnormal cells which can spread to any other part of the body.

Diagnosing Lymphoma People worry when diagnosed with lymphoma because even if it is curable, there is a high risk that…

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is not a lone disease. In fact there are more than 30 different sub types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma…

Lymphoma: Definition and Types Lymphoma is a cancer of lymphocytes (cells of the immune system). Lymphomas are the most common…

Nearly 15% of the total of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas diagnosed in the United States comes under T-cell lymphoma category. The T-cells…