What is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma? Do you understand it after this introduction?

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a common tumor disease that can occur in people of any age. It mainly occurs in lymph nodes, spleen, thymus and other lymphoid organs, and can even manifest as a systemic disease.

1. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) , referred to as "NHL", is a general term for a group of independent diseases with strong heterogeneity. It is a relatively common tumor in China. Usually, patients go to the oncology department or hematology department of the hospital for treatment. Therefore, in the comic, Miss Xiong Dun was referred from the thoracic surgery department to the hematology department by the handsome Dr. Liang.

2. NHL lesions are malignant tumors of the lymphohematopoietic system that mainly occur in lymphoid organs such as lymph nodes, spleen, and thymus , but can also occur in lymphoid tissues and organs outside lymph nodes. According to the cell source, it is divided into three basic types: 1. B cell; 2. T cell; 3. NK/T cell NHL. Clinically, most NHLs are of the B-cell type, accounting for 70% to 85% of the total. NHL is relatively complex in terms of pathological classification, clinical manifestations, and individualized treatment stratification; however, it is a tumor that is potentially highly curable.

3. Although NHL lesions occur in lymph nodes, due to the distribution characteristics of the lymphatic system, NHL is basically a systemic disease and therefore has many symptoms. In the third article "The Crisis I Don't Know About", Ms. Xiong Dun mentioned the symptoms before diagnosis: 1. Continuous cough; 2. Shoulder pain; 3. Back pain; 4. Chest tightness; 5. Edema; 6. Fever and night sweats.

4. HL examinations can be divided into invasive and non-invasive examinations . Traumatic examinations are mostly performed to obtain tissue cytological specimens for diagnosis, including bone marrow puncture and biopsy, lumbar puncture, etc.; non-traumatic examinations are mostly performed to find the location of lesions, assess the extent of lesions and evaluate the efficacy of treatment, such as: whole-body CT, magnetic resonance imaging, PET/CT, etc. Therefore, Miss Xiong Dun has a local anesthesia thoracentesis in the comics. The main treatments for NHL currently include systemic chemotherapy, local radiotherapy, biological immunology, etc. Miss Xiong Dun underwent chemotherapy. Although she lost all her hair, she had no complications from two chemotherapy treatments, except for drowsiness.