June 2019 i was diagnosed with primary cns lymphoma.
This year in march i had an ovary removed. They found diffuse large b cell lymphoma. My oncologist wants to put me on the r-CHOP regimen with stem cell transplant to follow as maintainance therapy.

How accurate is a blood test for lymphoma?

At this point, I’ve decided not to start treatment
I have lost two friends in the last year to other types of cancer
They both went through chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
They continued telling me that the chemotherapy had caused many uncomfortable side effects and weren’t sure whether it was causing more painful issues than it was worth.
They both have passed in the last three months.
They both expressed to me that their quality of life, and getting some extra months, wasn’t really… read more

I was just diagnosed a week ago and don't meet with my doctor to discuss next steps until after the new year. He mentioned possibly doing "watch and wait" method and I've read a lot that backs that up, which really surprises me. Why would you wait until things got worse to pursue any type of treatment?

I went to oncology and he gave me copy of biopsy. Does anybody know what it means when it says mature low grade B-cell lymphoma with CD5 co-expression , most consistent with small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia

I am 61 years, no symptoms, on watchful period, I have swollen lymph nodes in abdomen and neck all my blood reports are normal.

I had my biopsy results which were taken from my groin . The result was that they wanted to do a FISH test to see what subtype it could be . I already have follicular lymphoma and within the past week have had bad heartburn and the last couple of days or so my abdomenal area feels really sore and very uncomfortable 😣 Are there any concerns regards this ? I have another review on Monday and would guess that I will get the results from FISH however would like a heads up from anyone who may have an… read more