Lymphoma exam with verified answers (graded A+)

What radiation therapy is used to treat NHL? - Answers-External beam radiation - can be given with chemo - may be the main treatment for some types of lymphoma if found early (stage 1 or 2) - may get whole body radiation - also used a palliative - ease symptoms What Stem cell transplant procedures are used in the treatment of NHL? - Answers-- Autologous SCT: considered a standard treatment under certain circumstances - Allogenic SCT - Adjunctive with high dose chemotherapy and or high beam radiation What are the side effects of Stem cell transplant? - Answers-- infection - low RBC/platelet leading to transfusions - graft-versus-host disease in allogenic transplants What are the different subdivisions of NHL? - Answers-- Small B cells → *Follicular lymphoma, Mantle cell lymphoma*, Marginal Zone lymphoma and small lymphatic lymphoma - Intermediate sized B-cell → *Burkitt lymphoma* - large B-cells → *Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma*