Is mediastinal lymphoma benign?

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Is mediastinal lymphoma benign? Lymphoma is a kind of malignant lymphoma, benign lymphoma does not exist, but different types of invasion is not the same, some lymphoma belongs to inert lymphoma, development is slow, even do not need treatment for a lifetime.

Is mediastinal lymphoma benign?

For mediastinal lymphoma, both stage I and stage II are sensitive to radiotherapy, so radiotherapy and treatment can be used, but there is a higher recurrence rate after radiotherapy. The radiation dose of mediastinal lymphoma is higher than that of ordinary lymphoma, so the side effects of radiotherapy are relatively large.

The malignant degree of mediastinal lymphoma in stage I and II is relatively low. If we seize the time to carry out radiotherapy alone, the effect is still relatively obvious. Although chemotherapy can also be used in the treatment of mediastinal lymphoma, the effect of chemotherapy mainly depends on the specific histological type of mediastinal lymphoma, which has little relationship with the stage of the disease.

Mediastinal lymphoma can be treated by combined chemotherapy. This pathogenic method generally takes a short time of chemotherapy, but the dose of chemotherapy is relatively large. This combined chemotherapy method will use cyclophosphamide and bleomycin. After combined chemotherapy, about 70% of the patients get remission.

matters needing attention

Now a new chemotherapy program for mediastinal lymphoma has come out. The new program can prolong the survival time of patients by more than 50%. However, the new program has a lot of toxic and side effects, and is generally not suitable for elderly and frail patients.