Open AccessNon‐Hodgkin's lymphomas: Current classification and management
Author(s) -
Skarin Arthur T.,
Dorfman David M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.47.6.351
Subject(s) - rappaport , lymphoma , cancer , disease , incidence (geometry) , medicine , hodgkin lymphoma , immunodeficiency , immune system , oncology , pathology , immunology , philosophy , physics , theology , optics
Considerable progress has been made in the classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas during the past 15 years, and the use of specific monoclonal antibodies directed against cell surface antigens has contributed to the understanding of the immunology of the disease. Early-stage indolent lymphoma is treated with radiotherapy; treatment of advanced-stage indolent lymphoma varies. Aggressive lymphomas are treated with combination chemotherapy with or without regional radiotherapy, and highly aggressive lymphomas are treated with regimens similar to those for children with leukemia.