General Concerns

Are swollen lymph nodes an indication of cancer? Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," Can you get a pretty good indication of whether a child might have lymphoma or a neuroblastoma from blood work? If a child has symptoms (swollen nodes-several and large, increasing in size). Would the blood...
Follow up for follicular lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I have follicular lymphoma, stage 2, in my abdomen with no symptoms. What is the protocol for follow up cat scan tests? I am scheduled for CT tests every 3 mo of my chest/abdomen/pelvis. I am concerned about the...
Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts," What is the difference between Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins lymphoma? I read the web page,but did not see the difference between the two except that the cells look different. Why would the Hodgkins be the...
Lymphoma of the Heart Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts," I need some information (opinion and biomedical literature) about: The metastatic involvement of cardiac structures in Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas The cardiac complications with treatment...
Maintenance Therapy With Rituximab Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I was diagnosed with follicular non-Hodgkin's stage 3 lymphoma. After FND chemotherapy (F= Fludarabine, N = Nitoxantrone, D= Dexamethasone). I have received Rituximab and have continued on it every 6 months. How long...
Mantle Cell Lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," My uncle has just been diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma and we are not sure of the outcomes with this type of cancer. We would like more information on this disease. Babis (Charalambos) Andreadis, MD, Assistant...
Mantle Cell Treatment Options Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," I have Mantle cell lymphoma and have been given 2 options for treatment, hyper-CVAD or R-CHOP. From my readings, both are considered first-line approaches for treating MCL, however, hyper-CVAD is quite demanding on...
Mediterranean Lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts," I would like specific information on: immunoproliferative small intestinal disease. I am a practicing Medical Oncologist, and would be grateful if I could get the latest on the disease. Thank...
Thymic Uptake Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts," My daughter, age 26, had her 6-month post-treatment CT/PET scan after being clear of Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's in August 2005. The 6-month scans show "thymic uptake". Is this common? Cause for worry? Babis...
Toxoplasmosis and Brain Lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts," What does toxoplasmosis have to do with brain lymphoma? Are they related? Thanks! B. Li Liu, MD, OncoLink Editorial Assistant, responds: Dear B, Thank you for your...
Treatment of hepatitis C virus with interferon in a patient with lymphoma Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts," I am in the very early stages of a low-grade B-cell Lymphoma, and have also been diagnosed with Hepatitis C. I will be having a liver biopsy and then have to make a decision as to whether or not to go on...