Lymphoma is a group of blood malignancies that develop from lymphocytes. Signs and symptoms may include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, drenching sweats, unintended weight loss, itching, and constantly feeling tired. About 90% of lymphomas are non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma include infection with Epstein–Barr virus and a history of the disease in the family.
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Lymphoma is a group of blood malignancies that develop from lymphocytes. Signs and symptoms may include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, drenching sweats, unintended weight loss, itching, and constantly feeling tired. About 90% of lymphomas are non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma include infection with Epstein–Barr virus and a history of the disease in the family. Treatment may involve chemotherapy, radiation therapy, proton therapy, targeted therapy, and surgery. The outcome depends on the subtype with some being curable and treatment prolonging survival in most. Worldwide, lymphomas developed in 566,000 people in 2012 and caused 305,000 deaths. They make up 3–4% of all cancers, making them as a group the seventh-most common form. They occur more often in the developed world than the developing world. Lymphoma may present with certain nonspecific symptoms; if the symptoms are persistent, an evaluation to determine their cause, including possible lymphoma, should be undertaken. Asymptomatic soft swelling, which may or may not be ulcerated, is primarily seen on the tonsils, buccal mucosa, palate, gums, salivary glands, tongue, floor of the mouth, and retromolar region. The presence of a type of cell called Reed–Sternbergberg cell is marked by the presence of the type of lymphoma called the Reed–sternberg cell.
The number of cases per year of non-hodgkins lymphoma divided by age is divided by the number of further lymphoma cases divided by year. A wide variety of lymph nodes are found in people who have lymphoma. The most common types of lymphoid neoplasms are lymphoid lymphomas, which are defined as being all lymphoid cells except Reed-Sternburg lymphomas except for Reed- Sternberg lymphomas which are more common than Hodgkin Lymphomas. The World Health Organization includes multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative diseases in its lymphoma classifications of lymphomas which are used in several of the older systems, including the NHS, A&E, and cancer of the bladder, bowel, and gallbladder. In some cases, an increased amount of protein produced by the lymphoma cells causes the blood to become so thick that plasmapheresis is performed to remove the protein. In other cases, the blood becomes too thick to remove protein so the blood is pumped through a catheter to remove it. This procedure is known as a lymph node biopsy. The five-year survival rate in the U.S. for all Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes is 85%, while that for non- Hodgkins lymphomas is 69%. In children, they are the third- most common cancer. They are the seventh most common form of cancer in the world.
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