Waldenström's macroglobulinemia surgery
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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 relapse or refractory Waldenstrom's 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 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