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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
[[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for patients | *[[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for patients when either lymphoma comes back (recurs/relapses) after treatment or doesn’t respond to other treatments (called refractory disease).<ref name="sure">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015) http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015</ref> | ||
*Many people with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma are older or may not be in good health, so a stem cell transplant may not be a good treatment option for them. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mirdula Sharma, MBBS [2]
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia. Stem cell transplant is usually reserved for patients with either relapse or refractory Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Surgery
- Stem cell transplant is usually reserved for patients when either lymphoma comes back (recurs/relapses) after treatment or doesn’t respond to other treatments (called refractory disease).[1]
- Many people with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma are older or may not be in good health, so a stem cell transplant may not be a good treatment option for them.
References
- ↑ Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015) http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015