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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Surgery]] is not the [[first-line treatment]] option for [[patients]] with [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. [[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for [[patients]] with either [[relapse]] or [[refractory]] [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. | [[Surgery]] is not the [[first-line treatment]] option for [[patients]] with [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. [[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for [[patients]] with either [[relapse]]<nowiki/>or [[refractory]] [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. In very [[rare]] [[Case-based reasoning|cases]], laporotomy or laproscopy might be required. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
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Waldenström's macroglobulinemia Microchapters |
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Differentiating Waldenström's macroglobulinemia from other Diseases |
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Waldenström's macroglobulinemia surgery On the Web |
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Directions to Hospitals Treating Waldenström's macroglobulinemia |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Waldenström's macroglobulinemia surgery |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2], Mirdula Sharma, MBBS [3]; Grammar Reviewer: Natalie Harpenau, B.S.[4]
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Stem cell transplant is usually reserved for patients with either relapseor refractory Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. In very rare cases, laporotomy or laproscopy might be required.
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 Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia are older or may not be in good health, so a stem cell transplant may not be a good treatment option for them.
- In very rare cases, laporotomy or laproscopy might be required.
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