author: Dr. Lawrence D. Kaplan University of california San Francisco 2008-07-28
Introduction
Non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell
that plays an important role in the immune system. At present, more than
20 different types of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have been identified. The
choice of how to treat a lymphoma may be dependent on being able to
identify the precise NHL subtype. Survival rate also tends to be
dependent upon the type of lymphoma.
Introduction