Is lymphoma considered cancer and what is the prognosis?

Answer 1

There are two main types of lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or Hodgkin’s disease, is named after Dr. Thomas Hodgkin who first described it as a new disease in 1832. All other types of lymphoma are called non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas.
Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are both cancers that start in lymphoid tissue (also called lymphatic tissue). The lymphatic system is important for filtering germs and cancer cells as well as fluid from the extremities and internal organs. Other types of cancer, lung or colon cancers, for example, can develop in other organs and then spread to lymphoid tissue. But these cancers that can spread to lymph nodes are not lymphomas. Lymphomas start in the lymphoid tissue and can spread to other organs.

Lymphoid tissue is formed by several types of immune system cells that work together to resist infections. Lymphoid tissue also reacts to transplanted tissues (such as blood transfusions or organ transplants) from other people and is involved in fighting some types of cancer.

This lymphoid tissue is found in many places throughout the body, including lymph nodes, the thymus (found behind the chest bone and in front of the heart), the spleen (on the left side of the abdomen next to the stomach), the tonsils and adenoids, in the bone marrow, and scattered within other systems such as the digestive and respiratory systems.With appropriate treatment, more than 80% of people with stage I or II Hodgkin's survive for at least 10 years. With widespread disease, the treatment is more intense and the 5-year survival rate is about 60%.

Answer 2

Yes, lymphoma is considered cancerous, and the prognosis will vary as widely as the people who have lymphoma. Prognoses will depend on who has lymphoma, what their past and current medical history is, what the specific type of lymphoma is, where the primary site of cancer is, and where (or if) the cancer has spread.

I know that it stinks that you can't receive a specific answer here -- you'll have to speak to an oncologist that's treating the person in question with lymphoma to get a individualized answer.

Answer 3

If it is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and the diagnosis has been confirmed by biopsy, the report should lend a lot of information for the oncologist. Some lymphomas are indolent (slow to no progression), some are intermediate in aggressiveness, and some are resistant to all kinds of treatment (think Jackie Kennedy). In the slow category, the patient may live decades, in the aggressive ones, life expectancy is measured in terms of months. Ask your physician what type you are discussing and where it is classified, and what the prognosis is. Take notes or take someone along to help you remember the answers.

Answer 4

yes, lymphoma is a form of cancer. It depends on what kind, how far it has spread etc. A bone marrow would be very helpful.

Answer 5

Lymphoma is a broad term encompassing a variety of cancers of the lymphatic system.

Answer 6

Ok so assuming that your a believer in heaven and hell, especially the biblical version, it's a place of torture, and not like kinky torture. More like having the image of the person you love most tell you how much the despise and hate you. I'm not saying that's what it would be but I'm sure that's what it would feel like. I would be your worst nightmare multiplied by 1 000 000 and you would endure it for eternity without the even the slightest hope of it ever ending. Fear and every emotion that comes with it would be the only thing you would know. But like I said, that's assuming you believe in that type of thing.

Answer 7

yes, it is considered cancer. the prognosis depends on the individual and if it has spread.

Answer 8

Yes, and it depends. Early detection increases chances of a good prognosis...