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MANAGEMENT OF NON–HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA *
Author(s) -
Pitney W. R.,
Robilliard J. F.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93627.x
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , medicine , lymphoma , disease , chemotherapy , bone marrow , oncology , non hodgkin's lymphoma , hodgkin lymphoma , radiology
Non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma differs from Hodgkin's disease in the frequency of extranodal and bone marrow involvement and in the unpredictability of spread. These features make staging less accurate and modify the approach to therapy. In clinically localized disease, radiotherapy may be effective treatment. However, many cases are disseminated at the time of diagnosis and require chemotherapy. The recent Introduction of combination chemotherapy has been associated with a high initial remission rate and, apparently, with a better prognosis.