Treatment for recurrence of lymphoma after cure

What are the treatments for lymphoma recurrence after cure? Many diseases have a certain risk of recurrence while being cured, so we must be prepared for both. So let's take a look at the treatments for lymphoma recurrence. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

Treatment after relapse

Although the overall treatment effect and prognosis of lymphoma are better than those of most other malignant tumors, this mainly refers to patients who have just received first-line treatment. If the first-line treatment is not effective, although for most types of lymphoma, patients who relapse are still lucky to have a 30% to 50% effective rate after receiving standard treatment again, and the effective rate of some indolent lymphoma is even higher. However, it should be emphasized here that even if the second-line regimen is effective, it is difficult to be cured through conventional chemotherapy. Patients may be effective for many regimens, but they cannot eradicate lymphoma. Often, the disease progresses again after several cycles of chemotherapy. Changing the regimen may still be effective, but it will progress again soon. With such repeated delays, the human body is weakened by the torture and consumption of tumors and various treatments, while the tumor is forged more stubborn and drug-resistant in this protracted battle. In a short period of time, the tumor will eventually defeat the human body. Therefore, the first treatment plan after the diagnosis of lymphoma is the key to determining whether it can be cured. It is recommended to go to a regular and experienced treatment center for treatment.

Regardless of the type of lymphoma, after changing the chemotherapy regimen and re-treatment, most patients will relapse again. If they rely solely on conventional chemotherapy at conventional doses, it is difficult for patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma to get a chance of cure. Therefore, for this type of lymphoma, if it is a young patient, it is recommended to consider high-dose chemotherapy combined with autologous stem cell transplantation as soon as possible when the second treatment effect is relatively good. Some patients still have hope of cure. When necessary, allogeneic stem cell transplantation is even required. Although repeated treatments are still effective for patients with indolent lymphoma, the effective duration of most types will become shorter and shorter, the frequency of recurrence will become higher and higher, and the efficacy will become worse and worse. Therefore, young patients should also consider active treatments such as stem cell transplantation.

Certain cell therapies are not used as routine treatments for lymphoma. Patients undergoing initial treatment should mainly receive regular chemotherapy or radiotherapy. For some patients with relapsed or refractory disease or patients who are not suitable for conventional treatments, they can be selected based on their condition.

Through the above description of the treatment methods after recurrence of lymphoma, I believe everyone has understood that everyone should maintain a good attitude and attach great importance to the treatment of this disease.