Is adjuvant therapy(chemo) is proven effective for non-hodgkin's lymphoma cases?

Question

All my lab tests--ct scan,blood tests are all clear after my surgery (colon). Do chemo after surgery necessary and proven effective to lower the risk of recurrence for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma cases. Considering im young and aware of chemo side effects--second malignancy disease and sterility. Do i need a chemo now?

Answer 1

Only your oncologist can answer that, specific to your case. It depends on the type of NHL. Sometimes people are put on maintenance doses of Rituxan [very little side effects].
Check this site for the best info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes

Answer 2

There are 3 great answers ahead of mine, and this is more in the way of thinking outside the box--

In 1990, I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I've survived. My doctors were great people, but they really couldn't tell me squat about cancer. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine.

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Cancer is caused by poor nutrition (including oxygen), which leads to a compromised immune system, and by stressors. Stressors can be environmental, like heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging and lack of exercise are also contributing factors.

Our bodies have 60 trillion--yes, trillion--cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.
It takes a LONG time, usually, or an exrtaordinary amount of stressors, to degrade the immune system to the point where it won't do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.


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I know of people whose cancer has 'spontaneously remitted' (WENT AWAY for no known reason) after they went on programs of herbs and nutrition that restart our immune systems.

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Answer 3

If the cancer is low-grade, nonagressive non-Hodgkin's, chemo has been delayed and the condition monitored with good outcome. For aggressive types, chemo is still the first line of treatment and is used as adjuvant therapy if there is a high suspicion of missed cancer cells. But, my friend, this is the most inappropriate place I can think of for your questions and concerns. Please, please speak to your medical oncologist who knows your case.

Answer 4

There's no single answer - your prognosis can only be evaluated in probabilities, which you will have to weigh in terms of what matters to you. This is something you need to discuss with your Dr. and other people close to you.