what happens when, at th end of the scheduled chemotherapy sessions, for treatment of a NHL, the pacient doenst have total recovery?

Submitted by fernando gamba Thu 05/12/2011

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That depends. Typically a

Submitted by Ross Bonander on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 07:02.

That depends. Typically a patient undergoes a PET/CT scan following therapy, to be 're-staged'. it's at this time that a determination is made. if cancer is still in the body, then doctors go with what's known as 'second-line therapy'. This could involve a different chemotherapy regimen, radiation treatments, or even a bone marrow transplant, depending on the original diagnosis. If the original NHL is indolent or slow-growing, they may opt to do nothing at all, just keep an eye on it over the next months and years. Again, it depends on the dx.

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