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Last update: 04/30/2008

The Big Picture:  Battling the Hematological Malignancies: The 200 Years' War

Full article  http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/full/13/2/126  PDF

 ...  These challenges will be gradually overcome, if we (a) develop new models of cooperation among academia, industry, and government [and patients], (b) continue the growth of international participation in cancer research (more keen minds to the task), and (c) convince the governments of the world, including that of the U.S., that an investment in minimizing the effects of cancer is as important as defending against other threats to the welfare and longevity of their citizens.
What is Lymphoma:

Types of Lymphomas  | Classifications 
 

Lymphoma Simplified
 

What is Lymphoma? - A Detailed Description

About Cancer  

Lymphoma is a cancer affecting immune cells called lymphocytes
 
About Lymphoma - General
 
 
Where Lymphoma Develops

Type and Developmental Stages  determines lymphoma type

Characteristics of  Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas    Cell type  
   Histology  
   Grading  
   Staging

WHO & REAL classifications (two ways to evaluate and group types of NHL)

Host/tumor interactions - the microenvironment

Background Topics:
 
Acronyms 
Biology and Immunity Resources
Bone Marrow Involvement  
Diagnosis and Pathology | Related Terms
Diagnostic Terms
Expert Review Articles and Interviews
Genes and Cancer: an overview
Getting a Second Pathology Evaluation
Glossary and Immunity Terms  
Grades and Cell Types  
Immune Suppression and Lymphoma
Leukemic (blastoid) Phase  
Lymphatic System
Quiz: Know your nodes: knowyournodes.org
Leukemia and Blood foundation: Now is the time to get to ‘know your nodes’, and find out just how important your lymphatic system is.
Metastasis of Lymphoma
Microenvironment  
Prognostic Indicators and Biomarkers  
Prognostic and Treatment Indications
IPI 
| FLIPI | GELF | NCCN | MIPI
Remissions, Response, and Survival Terms
Risk Factors
Spontaneous Regressions
Staging
Statistics 
Symptoms of Lymphoma
Treatment Goals, Terms, Outcomes, and Types of Interventions
Tumor Basics
Transformation, about
Watchful Waiting
 

Resources
 

About NHL cancerhelp.org.uk

Comprehensive List of Resources

Expert Review Articles and Interviews
 

 Treatment Related 
  
Treatment Decisions
Factors that Determine Treatment and Timing
Questions for your Doctor 
Treatment Decisions | Watch & Wait
Treatment Overview
Treatment Types - Overview
 

Webcasts

 

Expert Review Articles and Interviews
Sources
ASH Education Book Series  www.asheducationbook.org/current.dtl 
Healthology, Focus on Lymphoma  www.healthology.com/lymphoma/lymphoma-information/focusareasub.htm 
Lymphoma Education Series  /www.leukemia-lymphoma.org (LLS - Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)

LRF Lymphoma Education Forum 2006   www.lymphoma.org/webcasts
NHL Update 2007 .pdf 
 
New: Jonathan Friedberg, MD
Hematologist, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
University of Rochester Medical Center

Zeroing in on follicular Lymphoma
Web cast: patientpower  

Funded by Andrew Schorr's Patient Power
www.patientpower.info/specialeditionlymphoma.asp 
New: James Armitage, M.D.
Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine in the Oncology/Hematology Section
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Lymphomas
Web cast: patientpower 
Funded by Andrew Schorr's Patient Power
www.patientpower.info/specialeditionlymphoma.asp
Press, Oliver, MD 
Latest Discoveries in NHL: 
Update from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 
 

LLS
  (12/14/06)
 
Nichols, Craig R., MD
NHL from A to Z: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
 

LLS PDF   
Russell Schilder, MD, Stephanie Gregory, M.D., Stephen Schuster, MD
Radioimmunotherapy of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas

Healthology (March 2006)
Leonard, John, MD
Advances in the Treatment of NHL: The Experts' Perspective (Current Updates on Targeted Therapies)

LLS
(10/19/05)
Making Decisions about Treatment for NHL

LLS PDF (8/9/05)
Treatment for the Older Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patient 

LLS PDF
 
(10/19/04)
Treatment Options in Relapsed, Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Healthology (2007)
Understanding Your Treatment Options for NHL 
 
LLS PDF (08/16/06)
Interview: John P Leonard, MD | Select Publications
Cheson, Bruce, MD
Looking Ahead: Novel Therapies in NHL Update from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

LLS PDF (12/13/05)
North American Education Forum on Lymphoma: Review of New Agents 

LRF (Nov 2004)  
Follicular Lymphomas
  
LRF 2006 Education Forum webcast
 
Flash format
Individualizing Therapy for the Hematologic Malignancies: The Stuff of Genes and Dreams

 jco.ascopubs.org 
Fredrick Hagemeister, Jr, MD
Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Healthology (March 2006)
Ronald Levy MD, David Fisher MD
Testing Vaccines for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Healthology (Nov 2003)
John Hainsworth, MD, Sandra Horning MD, John Leonard MD
Attacking NHL Early

Healthology (March 2006)
John Leonard, MD and Hillard Lazarus, MD
Lymphoma Update from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 48th Annual Meeting

LLS PDF
(Jan 2007)
John Hainsworth MD, John Leonard MD
Targeted therapy for NHL

Healthology (March 2006)
Alexandra M. Levine, MD   Robert S. Mocharnuk, MD 
Rituximab, Tositumomab, Ibritumomab: And the Winner Is...   

Medscape (free login req.)
Developments in the Treatment of Follicular Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) 
 
Update from ASCO 2006 and ASH 2005 
Interview: David G Maloney, MD, PhD | Select publications

 

Kieron Dunleavy, MD; Wyndham H. Wilson, MD, PHD 
Epidemiology and Etiology
Lymphomas: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

From ACP Medicine Online 

Posted 06/07/2006

Medscape (free login req.)


Stephen M Ansell, MD, PHD, and 
James Armitage, MD

 

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Diagnosis And Treatment

 MayoClinic PDF   

 

Dr. Craig Nichols
NHL from A-Z: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

LLS - PDF
Panel of Experts:  A case-based discussion on the management of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 
meettheprofessors.com 

For me, case discussions among experts (such as case3)  show why we should be a little uncomfortable with 'Let the Patient Decide' clinical practice. We need to hear the reasoning process of the experts we consult and make use of their educated clinical judgment. 

Myron S Czuczman, MD comments on trials and different approaches to treating follicular lymphoma with intent to achieve durable remissions

nhlupdate.com 

 

Dr. John G. Gribben  Institute of Cancer, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
How I Treat Indolent Lymphoma  bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org
 
Dr. Julie Vose on Treating Lymphomas
Direct link to Webcast www.patientpower.info/audio/webcast/LYM092607.M3U
 
Follicular Lymphoma: Expanding Therapeutic Options 
cancernetwork.com
Also see commentary cancernetwork.com 

Dr. Zelenitz
 Interview | Select publications
 
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