News Related to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

1. Using Plants to Grow Lymphoma Vaccines
   

   July 21, 2008 -- Plants may be a powerhouse for researchers making personalized vaccines for patients with follicular lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The basic idea is to use plants as a factory to quickly and inexpensively grow vaccines tailored to each patient's follicular lymphoma. Th

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2. New Lymphoma Treatment Promising
   

   June 4, 2007 (Chicago) -- Nearly nine in 10 people with lymphoma given a relatively new type of treatment that combines cancer-killing antibodies and radiation are still alive eight years after being treated, researchers report. The study also showed that half of people with previously untreated fol

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3. Effects of Childhood Cancer Can Linger Long After Disease Is Gone
   

   Jan. 17, 2001 -- Twenty-five-year-old Matthew McKee might have dreamed at one time of playing for a professional sports team. But 10 years ago, when he was an athletic teenager playing four high school sports, that dream was cut short when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.   "I grew up very a

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4. Vaccine May Help Fight Lymphoma
   

   Sept. 19, 2006 -- A custom-made, experimental vaccine made from a patient's own tumor cells appears to dramatically increase remission time in people with a common form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, researchers in Spain report. Twenty of the 25 patients with follicular lymphoma lymphoma participating i

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5. New Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Drug Passes Hurdle
   

   Feb. 2, 2005 - A new type of lymphoma treatment that combines cancer-killing antibodies and radiation may have potential as a powerful initial attack against an advanced form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a new study. Researchers found a one-week treatment with Bexxar induced a complete re

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6. Blood Test May Reveal Lymphoma Dangers
   

   Nov. 17, 2004 -- A new test may help people with a common form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma know how aggressive their cancer is. Follicular lymphoma is the second most common form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and accounts for more than 20% of all cases. Follicular lymphoma is cancer of the lymph nodes, wh

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7. Children and Cancer: What Happens the Second Time Around?
   

   March 27, 2001 (New Orleans) -- As treatments for childhood cancers improve and cancer survivors live longer, there is mounting evidence that people who survived a childhood cancer may be at increased risk of developing another cancer later on. These second incidences of cancer do not seem to be dir

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8. Certain Meats and Fats Are Associated With Lymphoma
   

   Oct 19, 1999 (Baltimore) -- Eating beef, pork, or lamb as a main dish daily or consuming at least two servings of cake each week may put people at increased risk for a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a paper in the Oct. 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Instit

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