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2006-07-11 18:21:27 · 2 answers · asked by Lynette H 1 in Health Diseases & Conditions Cancer

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Different oncologists use different methods of therapy. You should contact them and ask about choices iun therapy and what suits you.
From a shunt to relieve pressure in the brain to dexamethasone as the drug of choice to relieve swelling and then onto chemotherapy to reduce the size of the lymphoma. It is usualy in a cycle like that.
Stay strong :)

2006-07-11 18:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by caz_v8 4 · 0 0

The initial treatment is usually with corticosteroids. However, chemotherapy increases survival in many individuals up to 3-4 years, or longer. The chemotherapy is primarily high-dose methotrexate given intravenously or via the spinal cord.

Treatment of immunocompromised patients is not as successful, but is improving.

Radiation therapy used to be the main treatment for this lymphoma, but now is usually reserved for treating those patients in whom chemotherapy is not successful.

The survival of untreated primary brain lymphoma is under 2 months. Treated with chemotherapy, patients often survive 3-4 years or more. About 40% of patients are alive at 5 years. In general, older patients have a worse outlook than younger patients.

2006-07-13 10:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by purple 6 · 0 0

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