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Main Organs Of Digestive System

Health Encyclopedia: Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma Staging And Treatment Guidelines

Staging and Treatment Guidelines

General Approach for Treating Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is highly specific for each patient and is determined by the tumor classification. It includes the following factors:

Stage
Grade
Histologic type (cellular structure)
Location
Other factors, such as blood levels of lactate dehydrogenase

Treatment for lymphomas has been primarily dependent on chemotherapy (particularly intensive regimens using several drugs) or a combination of chemo...

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Expert & Community Posts

Joining or Starting A Celiac Disease Support Group: An Interview With Linda Freeman

By Sloane Miller , Health Expert

...long suspected there was something wrong with my digestive system: I was constipated my entire... Read more »

Qualcomm's Mobile Health Vision: "Personal Health Phones" and More

By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert

...best-known as Given Imaging Pills for looking at the digestive system. You swallow this camera... Read more »

Cancer and Sleep: Why can’t I sleep?

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...and waking that’s inherent in nearly all living organisms. Not only does the body possess an... Read more »

Live from GI Conference: The Reflux Mom

By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

...advanced training in pediatrics and diseases of the digestive system also known as... Read more »

Breaking News: GI Doctors Develop Treatment Guidelines

By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

...care of infants and children with diseases of the digestive system) and epidemiologists... Read more »

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Health Guide

Stress: Complications

...has features of a primitive brain. It is not surprising then that prolonged stress can disrupt the digestive system, irritating the large intestine and causing diarrhea, constipation, cramping,... Read more »

Cirrhosis: Introduction

...Flow. The changes in blood and bile flow have significant consequences, with both the liver and other organs responding to the altered flow:The spleen overproduces nitric oxide, a gas that causes... Read more »

What are the risk factors and causes of GERD?"

...include alcohol use, obesity or overweight, pregnancy, and smoking. Certain foods that may irritate the digestive system can also contribute to GERD, though there's plenty of contradictory... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prognosis

...conditions in the gallbladder, however, pose a higher than average risk for cancer.Gallbladder Polyps and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Polyps (growths) are sometimes detected during diagnostic... Read more »

Kidney Stones: Complications

...a more common cause of stones than too much calcium in the urine.Hyperoxaluria is defined as either primary or secondary.Primary hyperoxaluria is an inherited disorder in which excess oxalate in... Read more »

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