Lymphoma

By: Lauren Angus

What is Lymphoma?

 Lymphoma is a cancer that starts in the white blood

cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the
immune system.
 Lymphoma is a blood cancer.
How do you get Lymphoma?
 There is no main known cause of this cancer
 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma could be caused by risk types including:
 Age
 Gender
 Race
 Exposure to radiation or drugs
 One cause could be a mutation in genes as a person grows. As the genes
change, they could turn off other genes that fight the cancer.
Symptoms
The symptoms of Lymphoma are very similar to other diseases causing it to be very
difficult to diagnose.

Symptoms can include:

 Painless swelling in the lymph nodes called lymphadenopathy
 Fever
 Weight loss
 Lack of appetite
 Lack of energy
 Coughing
 Difficulty breathing
 Headaches
Spreading

 Since there is no known main cause for getting Lymphoma, it is hard to

determine how lymphoma spreads.
 Lymphoma is not contagious and it does not spread person to person.
 Lymphoma is mainly not inherited.
 Chemotherapy

Radiation

Treatment Bone marrow or stem cell

transplant
Immunotherapy
 Lymphoma can be cured
 Lymphoma can be fatal if not treated
right away
Interesting Facts
 There are two types of Lymphoma cancer;
Hodgkin’s Disease and Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma.
 Hodgkin’s Disease has a cure high rate of 85%.
 Those with rare or hard to treat lymphomas
generally have no available therapies.
 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma has over 80 different
strains of the disease
 Some patients do not have any symptoms so it
is very difficult to diagnose.
 The percentage of people getting Lymphoma
has double since the 1970’s.
Work Cited

“What Is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma?” American Cancer Society,

www.cancer.org/cancer/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/about/what-is-non-hodgkin-
lymphoma.html.

“American Society of Hematology.” Lymphoma, 8 Jan. 2018,

www.hematology.org/Patients/Cancers/Lymphoma.aspx.

Ferreira, Leonor Mateus. “Lymphoma Symptoms: What You Need to Know | First
Signs of Lymphoma.” Lymphoma News Today,
www.lymphomanewstoday.com/lymphoma-symptoms/.