Prolonged disease-free survival of patients with recurrent or resistant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been achieved with high-dose therapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). A concern with the use of ABMT is that the marrow that is reinfused may contain undetected NHL cells with the potential to reestablish metastatic disease in the recipient. Using a culture techniqu...

In order to present the clinical features and outcome of patients with Ki-l positive lymphoma and also the role of treatment modalities in this type of malignant disease, twenty-six patients with peripheral lymphadenopathy and a biopsyproven diagnosis ofKi-l positive lymphoma referring to the Radiation Oncology Department during a seven year period were treated with chemotherapy and radioth...

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a common subtype of the heterogeneous group of peripheral T-cell lymphomas, which is characterized by large pleomorphic cells with strong expression of CD30. Translocations involving ALK, the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene, are associated with a favorable clinical outcome. Such ALK-positive ALCLs are usually responsive to a multidrug chemotherapy with C...

Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) of lymphoma with Zevalin and Bexxar was approved by FDA in 2002 and 2003, respectively, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory CD20+ follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin´s lymphoma. In 2009, Zevalin was also approved for consolidation therapy in patients with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that achieve a partial or complete response to first-line chemotherapy. For foll...

Narcolepsy and cataplexy began one year before treatment of a left mid-temporal primary B-cells lymphoma in a HLA DR2 negative man. Treatment with radio therapy and immunosuppression induced regression of the lymphoma and disappearance of narcolepsy and cataplexy.

Background:   Primary bone lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma of bone is a rare disease. There are only a few case series of stage IE of this condition in medical literature. The aim of this study is to determine the rate of survival   for stage IE after combined modality treatment, the rate of local recurrence, and the results of limb salvage in cases   of local recurrence.     Methods:   We col...

We present a case of a 68-year-old woman who developed mantle cell lymphoma in the setting of long-term cyclophosphamide therapy and relapsing granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis, GPA). Adverse outcomes associated with cyclophosphamide therapy are well documented; however, the development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma appears rare. Cumulative dose of cyclophosphamide (>36 g) ...

However, the strategy of antiviral therapy after completion of chemotherapy in the HCV-positive patient is attractive and was associated with improved outcomes in one small retrospective study. 11 The optimal timing of HCV antiviral therapy in aggressive lymphoma will require prospective study, and the results from Ennishi et al suggest that further efforts to prevent progressive liver failure ...

Background: A consensus is lacking on optimal treatment sequencing for follicular lymphoma (FL), the most common indolent lymphoma. FL incurable, and many patients require multiple lines of therapy successive relapses. Guidelines provide numerous recommendations first-, second-, third-line therapy; however, patterns in real world remain poorly understood. Objectives: The primary objective this ...

non-hodgkin lymphoma (nhl) is one of the masquerade syndromes of malignant melanoma that can occur with two main patterns of presentations in the eye: metastatic involvement of uveal tract, and primary involvement of retina. we report ophthalmic, imaging and histopathological findings in the first case diagnosed as primary choroidal nhl without central nervous system or systemic involvement. a ...