How long can you live with lymphoma and how to treat it

How long can you live with lymphoma? How is it treated?

Lymphoma is highly heterogeneous, so the treatment varies greatly. Different pathological types and stages of lymphoma vary greatly in terms of treatment intensity and prognosis. The treatment methods for lymphoma mainly include the following, but specific patients should be analyzed according to their actual conditions.

Treatment for lymphoma includes:

1. Radiotherapy: Some types of lymphoma can be treated with radiotherapy alone in the early stages. Radiotherapy can also be used for consolidation therapy after chemotherapy and adjuvant therapy during transplantation.

2. Chemotherapy: Lymphoma chemotherapy is often combined with targeted therapy drugs and biological agents. In recent years, chemotherapy regimens for lymphoma have been greatly improved, and the long-term survival of many types of lymphoma has been greatly improved.

3. Bone marrow transplantation: For patients under 60 years old, medium- and high-risk patients who can tolerate high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can be considered. Some young patients with relapse or bone marrow invasion can also consider allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

4. Surgical treatment: limited to biopsy or complication management; patients with hypersplenism and no contraindications can undergo splenectomy to improve blood counts and create favorable conditions for subsequent chemotherapy.