Treatment for Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a malignant tumor (cancer of lymphoma) that affects the lymphatic system and cells that are part of the body’s immune system. Lymph circulates through the vessels of the lymphatic system. Lymph cells, called lymphocytes, fight infections in the body by filtering bacteria in the lymph nodes. Also, lymphocytes are found in other lymphoid tissues, for example, in the spleen, red bone marrow, in the skin.

Specialists distinguish two types of pathology:

• Hodgkin’s disease or Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lymphogranulomatosis);
• other types of tumor, such as malignant lymphoma of the skin, collectively called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The two types of pathology have similar symptoms, but they differ in behavior in the body, the rate of spread and response to treatment. By examining malignant cells under a microscope, the center’s specialists will determine these differences for a diagnosis. But in some cases, a complex laboratory test may be required for a more accurate differential diagnosis.

Treatment

The leading Israeli clinic Tel Aviv Medical Clinic employs qualified specialists who have been engaged in the detection and treatment of dangerous blood diseases for more than 10 years. We use original drugs and unique therapy methods. Our employees annually improve their qualifications at leading foreign research centers. The wards in our department are equipped with everything you need.

Often, specialists use the following methods for treatment:

• Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses chemotherapy to stop the growth of cancer cells by preventing them from dividing and/or causing them to die; systemic and regional chemotherapy are distinguished. In the case of parenteral and oral administration of chemotherapy drugs, drugs immediately enter the systemic circulation and can infect cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy), when chemotherapy drugs are injected directly into the spinal canal (intrathecal chemotherapy), an organ or a separate body cavity, drugs mainly affect cancer cells in these areas (regional chemotherapy).
• Monoclonal (targeted) therapy is the treatment of cancer with special antibodies obtained in a laboratory from one type of cells of the immune system.
• Combination chemotherapy is treatment using two or more anti-cancer drugs. Non-chemotherapy steroids can be added to a treatment regimen to reduce inflammation and lower the body’s immune response.