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What Is The Life Expectancy Of A Person With Stage 4 Lymphoma, Regrowing Cells And Hot Spots, Out Of Control Endocrine System?
my friend has stage 4 lymphoma she has already been through one round of aggressive chemo tumor got smaller and for a while say 6 months seemed to be staying the same now she has 28 hot spots and cells seem to be growing again just so I can prepare what is the best and worse scenario for life expectancy she is 45 and over weight partly because her endocrine system is so out of whack.
Mon, 27 Jan 2014
Hi
Thanks for your query.
In progressive lymphoma, one option is to give salvage chemo and if there is a response, to do high-dose chemo with autologous stem cell rescue. This can lead to long term control of 30-40%. She needs to be fit for all these. Otherwise it is all palliative care.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Thanks for your query.
In progressive lymphoma, one option is to give salvage chemo and if there is a response, to do high-dose chemo with autologous stem cell rescue. This can lead to long term control of 30-40%. She needs to be fit for all these. Otherwise it is all palliative care.
Hope this helps.
Regards
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