What is Stage Four Lymphoma

Can someone give me a little bit a help. My younger cousin is 18 years old and she was just diagnosed with stage four lymphoma. I believe it is 4B. Does anyone have any idea what the success rates are in this kind of a case. Is the standard treatment chemo or are there other things available. From what I have read stage 4 is pretty bad. Just trying to get some real life scenarios. Thanks in advance. Hope you all have a good day.

Submitted by jh77 on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 19:51.

I am not an expert by any means but I do know that stage 4 is the most severe form of cancer but it is no reason to ever give up hope because there are so many instances that I have read of people being able to beat the cancer at that stage. I wish you all the best.

Submitted by taylorgirls on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 13:47.

My dad was diagnosed about 1 month ago with HL. He had a pet scan and it came back showing the nasopharynx, soft palate, abdomen, pelvis, inguinal, and iliac bone. He also showed some uptake on the leftside of the prostate. The doctor, though very positive, said he was a stage 4 and had a 50/50 chance. Of course, he also has the rare form of HL. He has lymphocyte predominant HL. It is harder to get to respond to chemo. He begins chemo next week after they install his port. Someone out there please tell me that you or a loved one has gone through this and beat it!

Submitted by baldaeous on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 12:14.

I have stage 4 because it is in my bone marrow (i.e., everywhere), but my doctor says that since my exact type of nonhodgkins lymphoma is very slow (low grade), it is not necessarily as dangerous as other forms in lower stages.

The type I have generally takes a relatively longer time to cause problems. So stage 4 is not necessarily the only indicator as to severity. It seems, of course,that higher stages would be worse than the other stages within the same cancer type.

For example, stage 1 or 2 in more aggressive forms may be more immediately threatening than stage 3 or 4 in a more indolent form.

Hope this helps.

Submitted by julesh26 on Sun, 04/19/2009 - 03:33.

I had Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosed in 2002 and have been in remission for 2 years. I had to have a number of different chemotherapies, as I had a fairly agressive disease which was also non-responsive to radiotherapy.
Stage 4B means that it has spread into your cousin's system (rather than being held in specific lymph sites) and that she has symptoms (A= no symptoms, B = symptoms) she may have experienced weight loss, night sweats, fatigue or severe itching. I found the following website really helpful for information when I was first diagnosed (I'm in the UK) www.lymphoma.org.uk
Hodgkin Lymphoma is one of the most curable cancers there is. There are many types of chemotherapy to try, radiotherapy and two kinds of stem cell transplants. New research is being done all the time. I'm living proof that even agressive, non responsive disease can be put into remission. I wish your cousin lots of luck.

Submitted by Trisha on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 20:29.

My husband was told in December 2006, that he was in Stage IV, Refractory Small Cell Lymphocytic Lymphoma/Chronic Lymphoctic Leukemia with 90 percent lymphoma cells in the bone marrow. The doctor told him he may live four to five years. He took CHEMO treatments for six months at first and since then nothing. He goes in every six months for a CAT Scan. The doctor tells him everything is all right. My husband said if he was not so tired all the time, he would think that he did not have cancer, he gets flu like symptoms often. He gets his medical free, so he want go to anyone else.

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