Lymphoma Cancer | Dr Meenu Walia | DNB Medical Oncologist


  • Lymphoma is the name applied to a group of blood cell tumors that develop from lymphatic cells. The name often refers to just the cancerous ones rather than all such tumors. Symptoms may include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, drenching sweats, weight loss, itching, and feeling tired. The enlarged lymph nodes are usually painless.The sweats are most common at night.
  • There are dozens of subtypes of lymphomas.The two main categories of lymphomas are Hodgkin lymphomas (HL) and the non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). The World Health Organization (WHO) includes two other categories as types of lymphoma: multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative diseases.[6] About 90% of lymphomas are non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Lymphomas and leukemias are a part of the broader group of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues.

Types of Lymphoma Cancer

1) HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA CANCER

    HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA – formerly known as Hodgkin’s disease – is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is part of your immune system.

  • In Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally and may spread beyond the lymphatic system. As Hodgkin’s lymphoma progresses, it compromises your body’s ability to fight infection.
  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of two common types of cancers of the lymphatic system. The other type, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is far more common.
  • Advances in diagnosis and treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma have helped to make this once uniformly fatal disease highly treatable, with the potential for full recovery. The prognosis continues to improve for people with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    2) NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA CANCER

  • NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA is a cancer that begins in the lymphatic system, the disease-fighting network that is spread throughout the body. Tumors develop from lymphocytes, a type of white-blood cell. Instead of fighting disease, the lymphocytes (either B cells or T cells) accumulate in lymph nodes and other organs.
  • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is more than five times as common as the other major type of lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. About 95 percent of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma occurs in adults and 5 percent in children.
  • At least 30 forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have been identified. The most common is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. About one-fourth of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas involve one of two related diseases, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

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