Lymphoma

Follow the links below to find information on lymphoma, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Lymphoma
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Lymphoma is a general term for a cancer that begins in the lymphatic system. There are two main types of lymphoma: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma. Treatment options include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and stem cell transplantation.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin's lymphoma in treatment-naive adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. Lymphomas are classified into two general types: Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Hodgkin's disease is the most common non-AIDS-defining malignancy in HIV-infected patients. Randomised controll...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Lymphoma
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Lymphomas are cancers of the lymphatic system, which can affect your immune system and the way your body fights infections.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Lymphoma
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out more about lymphoma, which is cancer of the lymphatic system and the fifth most common form of cancer in Australia.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Granulopoiesis-stimulating factors to prevent adverse effects in the treatment of malignant lymphoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the lymph nodes. It can be treated with chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs), but this disrupts the immune system and lowers white cell counts. This can increase a person's risk of infection and limit the amount of chemot...
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation in the first line treatment of aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   On the first decade of study into autologous transplantation for the treatment of aggressive lymphoma, the focus was on the use of this approach to rescue patients after relapse or if the disease already progressed under standard chemotherapy. These enc...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lymphoma
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The guidelines have been developed by working parties of the Australian Cancer Network to address the diagnostic and clinical aspects of the disease. The guidelines provide advice for reducing variability in treatment where appropriate, and for management to include the latest products resulting from pharmacological and biotechnological activity. The need for multidisciplinary teams in the management of patients with lymphoma is also stressed.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Lymphoma of the brain
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of lymphoma of the brain by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Chemotherapy plus Rituximab versus chemotherapy alone for B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Study design: Meta-analysis of seven randomised controlled trials involving 1943 patients.Contribution: Patients treated with R-chemo had better overall survival, overall response, complete response, and disease control but more leukocytopenia and fever...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Interventions for early stage Hodgkin's disease in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hodgkin's disease in children is mostly curable, but there is not enough evidence to show which treatments are best in the long term. Hodgkin's disease is a form of lymphoma (cancer in the lymph nodes). It is one of the most curable cancers in children,...
Date:   Dec 2001
Title:   Antineoplastic antibodies - clinical applications
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Trastuzumab and rituximab are genetically engineered antibodies which are now available for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma respectively.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Multiple myeloma
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Multiple myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. When a person has this disease, too many plasma cells are made. This causes a range of problems including weak bones, anaemia and reduced immunity. About 300 Victorians are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year. New treatments include the drug thalidomide.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bisphosphonate drugs reduce pain and bone fractures in people with multiple myeloma, with clodronate and pamidronate helping most Multiple myeloma is cancer of the bone marrow. It causes bone destruction that leads to pain, spinal cord compression and f...
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Multiple myeloma
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Multiple myeloma is cancer of plasma cells in bone marrow - too many plasma cells are made, preventing enough normal blood cells forming and reducing the ability to fight infection.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Multiple myeloma
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of multiple myeloma by professional health specialists.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Morbidity of Vietnam Veterans: Supplementary Report 2: Adrenal gland cancer, leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphona
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report provides medical validations for three conditions of concern regarding the health of Vietnam veterans and their children - adrenal gland cancer in veterans' children, the four main types of leukaemia in veterans and their children, and non-Hodgkins lymphona in veterans.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and combined modality for Hodgkin's disease, with emphasis on second cancer risk
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hodgkin's disease (HD) patients are usually treated initially with radiotherapy alone (RT; early stages only), chemotherapy alone (CT) or combined chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). A meta-analysis of data from 37 randomised trials including over 9000 patients w...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Early versus deferred treatment for early stage multiple myeloma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Multiple myeloma (MM) is cancer of the bone marrow. It causes bone destruction that leads to pain, spinal cord compression and fractures.In early stages, most people do not show any symptoms of MM. It is not clear whether it is better to start treatment...
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   Multiple myeloma
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out all about multiple myeloma, a type of cancer affecting a mature form of white blood cell found in the bone marrow.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Cancer antibodies (Comment for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   To reduce side effects, new treatments are needed which will kill the cancer cells but not damage normal cells. One approach is to make antibodies against the cancer cells.
Date:   Dec 2003
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