Is non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the lungs curable?

Only your oncologist can answer that, specific to your case. It depends on the type of NHL. Sometimes people are put on maintenance doses of Rituxan [very little side effects]. Check this site...

It wasn't THAT bad. It surely wasn't fun, but hey, at least I'm still here. Hair loss was in about 10 days - 2 weeks. Nausea was a side effect but not that bad. I had numbness in...

my sympathies to you and your friend. If her doctor thinks they need to treat with chemo or chemo - they should. my mother had non-hodkins for 8 years. most of the time she wasn't too bad...

I am a NHL survivor. I used chemo and Rituximab. It took a little over 2 years to be called in remission. 1. You can fully recover. 2. It is extremely advisable to do it. 3. The cost is not meas...

I don't know whether or not I can put your mind at ease, but I can perhaps help you to become a bit more informed. To explain the staging- lymphoma is staged as I,II, III, or IV. Stage I ...

If you're otherwise healthy, you'll bounce back. The general rule of thumb is that it takes about as long to get back to yourself as it did to get your treatment. Some lymphoma treatmen...

This is a very complex question. In your body you have one system that carries nutrition to tissue and two that carry waste away. Your veins and lymphatic system carry the waste. Inside the lymphat...

Leave it to the doctor but if he thought it was very serious he would put him in hospital straight away.