Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The Diagnosis - Treatment - Prognosis

Diffuse Large Cell B Lymphoma is the consensus, but there is still some question that it may be Primary Mediastinal Lymphoma. The stage is in question, but Dr. Vrana feels comfortable calling me a stage III.

Either way both are treated with R-CHOP which I receive every 3 weeks for up to 8 treatments maximum (hopefully only 6 for me).

The prognosis is somewhere between 50-65% for a 5 year survival rate....once past 5 years, you are considered cured.

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