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Can lymphoma be cured?
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Lymphoma: There are many types of lymphoma-from the agressive ones to the indolent ones. Each type has different biology and different response to therapy, as well as different prognosis etc. However, in general, lymphoma is a chemosensitive disease and is a radiosensitive disease. Yes, some lymphoma can be cured.
Answered 4/6/2017
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Depends on subtype: There are 5 subtypes of hodgkin lymphoma which are all usually curable. There are about 55 subtypes of non-hodgkin lymphoma some of which are curable and some of which are not. The most common curable non-hodgkin lymphomas are diffuse large b cell lymphoma, burkitts lymphoma and localized marginal zone lymphoma.
Answered 8/3/2018
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