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Mantle Field Radiation
Mantle field radiation is a type of extended field radiation used to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)
A description of Absolute Neutrophil Count or ANC encountered during chemotherapy or sradiotherapy for lymphomas.

ABVD
Chemotherapy protocol for Hodgkin Lymphoma

Adjuvant Treatment
Some treatments like radiation or chemotherapy are often called adjuvant treatments. What does adjuvant therapy mean?

Adriamycin (Doxorubicin)
Adriamycin (also called Doxorubicin) is a drug used in cancer treatment.

Alopecia
A definition or meaning of alopecia or hair loss during treatments like cheotherapy

Antiemetic
A definition of antiemetics

Apheresis
What does apheresis mean? What is plasma apheresis used for?

Apoptosis
The definition of apoptosis or programmed cell death

Axillary Lymph Nodes
What are axillary lymph nodes? How are axillary nodes affected in Lymphoma?

B-cells
A B-cell is a type of blood cell that protects the body from infection. Find out more about B-cells.

Biological Therapy
What is biological therapy? What are the agents used in biological therapy for lymphoma?

Biopsy
What does a biosy mean? what are the different ypes of biopsies? Why is it required?

Blood Count
What is a blood count? Why do doctors order a blood count?

Bone Marrow Transplants (BMT)
An introduction to bone marrow transplants (BMT). What are the types of bone marrow transplants?

Cause-Specific Survival (CSS)
Cause-specific survival (CSS) is a term used to describe survival in those sufferin from cancer. What does cause-specific survival mean?

Cell
What is a cell? Which cell is affected in lymphomas?

Cervical Lymph Nodes
What are cervical lymph nodes? How are cervical nodes affected in lymphoma?

Chemotherapy
What is chemotherapy? Why is it given?

CHOP
What is CHOP chemotherapy used in Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas? What are the drugs used in CHOP chemotherapy?

Colony-Stimulating Factor (CSF)
A definition of colony-stimulating factor or growth factors that help raise your blood counts to normal.

Complete Response (CR)
What do doctors mean by complete response (CR) after treatment? Is complete response (CR) the same as cure?

Cytotoxic
What does cytotoxic mean? What are the types cytotoxic treatment?

Disease Free Survival (DFS)
Disease-free survival (DFS) is a very commonly used term used to describe the results of cancer treatments. What does does disease free survival mean?

Event-Free Survival (EFS)
Event-free survival (EFS) is a term that is sometimes used in reports of therapies related to cancer treatment. What does event-free survival mean?

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)
What is an FNAC? When is fine needle aspiration cytology used in lymphomas?

Median Survival (MS)
Median survival is a term that indicates how long an individual may survive with a cancer and its treatment. Find out wha median survival means.

Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
What are mediastinal lymph nodes? How are mediatinal lymph nodes affected in lymphoma?

Monoclonal Antibody
A definition of antibody as relevant in lymphomas.

Mucositis
The meaning of mucositis as encountered during chemotherapy or radiotherapy for cancers like lymphomas.

Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival (OS) is a common term used to describe the chances of survival and cure in cancer. What does overall survival mean?

Partial Response (PR)
What does partial response (PR) mean? What happens to patients after a partial response to cancer treatments?

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants (PBSCT)
What is a peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT)? what are the types of stem cell transplantation?

Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival (PFS) is a term that is used to describe treatment results. What does progression-free survival mean?

Progressive Disease (PD)
What does progressive disease (PD) mean? What happens to those with disease progression?

R-CHOP
What is R-CHOP chemotherapy used in Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL)? What are the drugs used in R-CHOP chemotherapy?

Radiotherapy
What is radiotherapy? Why is it given?

Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes
What are retroperitoneal lymph nodes? How are retroperitoneal lymph nodes affected in lymphoma?

Stable Disease (SD)
What does stable disease (SD) mean? What happens to patients with stable disease (SD) after reatment?

T-cells
A T-cell is a type of blood cell that protects the body from infection. Find out more about T-cells.