There are several types of treatment for people with AIDS-related lymphoma. Patients can choose to follow a standard treatment or one tested in a clinical trial. The clinical trial treatment studies the body’s reaction when administering new drugs to patients who suffer of cancer. This research study helps scientists to improve the new drugs or helps creating a more effective treatment which will replace the standard treatment.
These trials take place in many clinics from the country. Choosing such a form of treatment implies a decision that regards the patient, its family and the health care team.
A patient that has AIDS –related lymphoma will be harder to treat that a non AIDS-related due to the weakened immune system. The treatment is made for lymphoma as well for AIDS. In treating AIDS doctors use highly-active antiretroviral therapy because the virus that causes AIDS is a retrovirus. The treatment for lymphoma is made with lower doses of drugs than in the standard procedure because the immune system will be damaged even more in case of administering the doses for a non AIDS related lymphoma patient.
One of the procedures applied on people with cancer is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy tries to stop cancerous cells from growing or dividing. There can be used oral drugs or drugs injected into the vein or muscle that will reach the cancer cells by entering the bloodstream, and is called systemic chemotherapy. Another type of chemotherapy is the regional chemotherapy when the chemotherapy is placed directly into the cancerous area, like: spinal column, an organ or inside the abdomen. The treatment is applied regarding to the cancer’s type and evolution stage.
After this type of treatment is done stem cells previously taken from the patient’s blood or bone marrow or from a donor will be thawed and replaced through an infusion, in order to restore the body’s blood cells destroyed by the chemotherapy.
Another type of cancer therapy is the one based on radiations. For killing the cancer cells, there are two types of radiation therapy used: one is the external therapy meaning that a machine situated near the body will transmit radiation towards the cancerous area; the second method is the internal therapy based on radioactive substance sealed in needles and catheters that will be placed in the sick area of the body. The appliance of the radiation therapy also depends on the cancer’s type and evolution.
A new type of treatment which is still tested is the use of monoclonal antibodies. These antibodies are made from an immune system cell and are designed to seek and destroy all the substances that can help cancer cells to grow and develop. This treatment seems to be quite effective, but more tests need to be done before its mass use.
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So, if you want to find out more about lymphoma cancer or even about symptoms of lymphoma please visit this link http://www.lymphoma-center.com/
Do most people following the traditional treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma reach remission within a year?
From what I understand, it’s the cancer people recover from the fastest, especially if they’re young, correct? My best friend was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in July and began treatment for it in August, but we don’t really talk about it that much so I don’t know what all is going on. I do know that she was staged at 2 with “B” symptoms. She’s taking chemo with a pill mainly but I have no idea what it’s called and she goes into the hospital like every few weeks. She said she would be in remission by Christmas or next summer by the latest and would start college next fall without a problem, and it would all be over it. Idk if she’s just being like overly optimistic, or is that right? She seems to be doing okay, she’s just skinny and tired more, but can still dance and do other things so I don’t think she’s that sick. idk. I started college so I don’t see her everyday anymore.
So what’s the normal time period it takes somebody who is 17 and has this kind of cancer to get to remission? She had resisted treatment for a while but now she’s doing exactly what the doctors want her to do I think, and the delay didn’t make the staging or whatever worse. She’s a vegan and health nut and really athletic so I would think that would help her odds. And before this she was healthy, she just had mono when she was younger. So is it realistic to think she’ll be cancer free as early as Christmas?
Answer
No. There is no cure for cancer, there is only treatment that may lead to an individual remission or eventual ‘cure’. Your friend has a life threatening disease which is being treated successfully so far . . and that is as far into the future as you can go . . just one day at a time. Cancer is deadly. cruel and time related treatment is critical . .as long as she remains relatively healthy and continues treatment and responds well she may reach remission . . or she may not. No one knows at this point. Being vegan, a health nut, or athletic is irrelevant. So while it may be ‘hopeful that she will be ‘cancer free’ at Christmas . . it is not guaranteed.
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