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Suggest Treatment For Follicular Lymphoma

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Posted on Fri, 5 Feb 2016
Question: could you tell me about follicular lymphoma please
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Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
yes sure

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.

Follicular lymphoma is a malignant tumor arising from lymph glands. usually manifests as enlarged lymph nodes with or without liver, spleen enlargement, bone marrow or symptoms like fever, weight loss, etc.

If it is localized to a particular region, then radiotherapy can eliminate it. If advanced disease with many lymph nodes then either observation ( if no other debilitating symptoms, low hemoglobin or platelets) or chemoimmunotherapy (if such symptoms are present) will control it.

In advanced stage, it is not usually curable but controllable with treatment. Hence treatment is provided only when absolutely necessary.
In many patients, it is very slow growing, even without treatment and may be observed.

Hope this helps.
I will be available for followup.
Regards
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Suggest Treatment For Follicular Lymphoma

Brief Answer: yes sure Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for your query. Follicular lymphoma is a malignant tumor arising from lymph glands. usually manifests as enlarged lymph nodes with or without liver, spleen enlargement, bone marrow or symptoms like fever, weight loss, etc. If it is localized to a particular region, then radiotherapy can eliminate it. If advanced disease with many lymph nodes then either observation ( if no other debilitating symptoms, low hemoglobin or platelets) or chemoimmunotherapy (if such symptoms are present) will control it. In advanced stage, it is not usually curable but controllable with treatment. Hence treatment is provided only when absolutely necessary. In many patients, it is very slow growing, even without treatment and may be observed. Hope this helps. I will be available for followup. Regards