primary lymphoma, the brain…

Medical experts recommend this detailed explanation.

[ Find Organization | Index Page ]

brain, brain lymphoma, cerebral lymphoma, primary lymphoma, the central nervous system, lymphoma, brain, a brain lymphoma, type of malignancy, cancer, term "primary" in this case means the cancer seems to have originated, in the brain, not spread, somewhere else, primary brain lymphoma, more common in people between the ages of 45, immunocompromised, such those, hiv, organ transplants, heart transplants, at greater risk, primary lymphoma, the brain, in immunocompromised patients, lymphoma is linked to epstein barr virus, ebv, infection, incidence is rising, primary brain lymphoma is still relatively rare, personality changes, confusion, changes in speech, changes in vision, weakness in hands, numbness to hot, cold, pain, headaches, seizures, hallucinations, following tests performed to help diagnose a primary lymphoma, the brain, biopsy, the brain, lymphoma, head ct scan, a brain lesion, csf total protein, csf cell count, increased white blood cells, lymphoma cells, initial treatment, corticosteroids, chemotherapy increases survival in many individuals up to 3-4 years, longer, chemotherapy is primarily high-dose methotrexate given intravenously, via the spinal cord, treatment of immunocompromised patients, successful, improving, radiation therapy, the main treatment, lymphoma, reserved, treating those patients in whom chemotherapy is not successful, survival of untreated primary brain lymphoma is under 2 months, chemotherapy, patients often survive 3-4 years, 40% of patients, alive at 5 years, older patients have a worse outlook than younger patients, complications, radiation side effects, confusion, headaches, neurologic problems, tissue death, chemotherapy side effects, low blood counts, recurrence, the lymphoma.