TREATMENT

=Radiation ,chemo, and biological therapy, as well as watchful waiting, can all be used to treat lymphoma, depending on the stage of the cancer and the age and health of the patient. Both internal and external radiation therapy can be used. External radiation therapy fires a focused beam of X-rays at the exact point where the tumor is located. Internal radiation involves the implantation of a radioactive wire or needle directly into the tumor. Chemotherapy will affect the entire body, preventing the fastest growing cells from dividing. Biological therapy uses materials from the body or a lab to make the patients own immune system fight off the cancer. Watchful waiting is used on patients in the early stages of cancer, before obvious symptoms appear. Doctors closely monitor the patient without giving treatment in order to see how the cancer will progress.=