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lymphoma

[lim′fō·mə]
(medicine)
Any neoplasm, usually malignant, of the lymphoid tissues.
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Pathologic and clinical features of 77 Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated in a lymphoma protocol (LNH87): a GELA study.
Simultaneous Occurrence of Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Spine: A Rare Combination.
Hence, the provisional diagnosis of Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma with clinical staging IV B (Ann Arbor staging) was considered as multiple extra nodal site involvement was seen.
The experience of the Hodgkin's lymphoma patients was compared to the corresponding age- and gender-specific rates of hospitalization for severe infection among the general population.
Non Hodgkin's lymphomas are heterogeneous group of disorders originating in B- lymphocytes T- lymphocytes or natural killer cells.
"The younger the patient at the time of treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, the higher the risk, and the longer the time since radiation, the higher the risk," Dr.
will receive complete ownership and all interest in the indication, patents and intellectual property related to treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, utility patent application number 61998397, entitled 'Compositions and methods of use of Phorbol Esters for the treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma'.
Coinfections with oncogenic viruses may predispose patients with HIV to develop certain cancers; human papillomavirus, for example, is associated with anal and head/neck cancers, and Epstein-Barr virus with Hodgkin's lymphoma. HIV-related defects in cellular immunity may lead to persistence of oncogenic viruses, genomic instability, and development of dysplasia.
Cytosmears from fine needle aspiration of the right neck mass were suggestive of lymphoid neoplasm, possibly Hodgkin's lymphoma (Figure 1A and 1B).
The data show that KRX-0401 (perifosine) combined with sorafenib increased median progression free survival (PFS) in refractory/relapsed Hodgkin's Lymphoma patients with high phosphorylation levels of Erk and Akt as compared to patients with low baseline levels of Erk and Akt.
The patient underwent total maxillectomy left side .The final pathologic findings were consistent with classic extra nodal Hodgkin's lymphoma of the nodular sclerosis subtype.
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