Can secondary lymphoma be cured?

In recent years, we have found that the incidence of lymphoma in China is increasing, and it has now become one of the top ten malignant tumors in China. Many friends are concerned about this question: Can secondary lymphoma be cured? Experts explain that lymphoma is a curable disease, and 50 to 60 percent of early-stage patients can be cured using immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy.

Clinical manifestations: Symptoms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma include swollen lymph nodes (in the neck, armpits or groin), cough, shortness of breath, unexplained weight loss, low fever, excessive sweating (especially at night), etc. However, these symptoms are sometimes not very obvious and are often easily ignored by patients. The author believes that if the symptoms can be detected early and timely treatment is sought, the cure rate will be greatly improved.

Can secondary lymphoma be cured? Many people's wrong understanding of cancer leads them to equate cancer with a terminal illness, and lymphoma is no exception. In fact, lymphoma is not a terminal illness, and advances in medical research have made lymphoma no longer a terminal illness. Generally speaking, the concept of "cure" of a tumor is related to the "5-year disease-free survival rate." Long-term observations have found that if a tumor patient has spent the fifth year smoothly after completing treatment, the chance of tumor recurrence is less than 10%, and the patient can be considered cured at this time. "Although there is still a large gap in the treatment effects of different subtypes of lymphoma, the overall efficacy has been greatly improved, and it has become one of the best-treated malignant tumors among the few curable cancers."

The main treatments for lymphoma include immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, molecular targeted therapy, etc. At present, chemotherapy is still the first choice for most lymphoma patients. If 3 to 5 chemotherapy drugs are used at the same time, the 5-year survival rate of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma can be increased to 70% to 80%; the 5-year survival rate of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can be increased to 40% to 50%. Radiotherapy is mainly used to eliminate huge tumors in the body and residual tumors after chemotherapy.

"Early diagnosis and standardized treatment of lymphoma are the key to cure of lymphoma patients, and the prerequisite for achieving good treatment results is the degree of awareness of the disease among lymphoma patients. Disease education related to lymphoma should not only be provided to lymphoma patients, but also to their families, medical technicians and the general public." However, my country has always lacked a systematic and standardized education system for lymphoma patients.