Multidisciplinary Symposium — Lymphoma

The lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of malignancies derived from lymphoid tissue. They consist of a number of distinct disease entities with varying natural histories and prognoses. Great advances have been made in the clinical management of lymphomas. A better understanding of the histopathology and immunology has led to improvements in the diagnosis and classification of the disease. Improvements in treatment, including dose intensification and the development of novel therapies, have contributed to increased survival. Advances in conventional and functional imaging have helped to optimize the management of lymphoma, not only in diagnosis and staging, but also for response assessment and detection of disease relapse.