"...does chemotherapy help?"
An interesting and important question from a blog reader (I am paraphrasing): If lymphoma is caught early, does chemotherapy help?
Responding as a patient: yes, chemotherapy does help, but data suggest that the remission is relatively short-lived and the patient requires further therapy. I suggest that this is not the proper question to ask. Rather, ask, "What is most effective therapy in effecting a long-term remission (may I even suggest the word "cure")?". To this latter question, I am convinced that radioimmunotherapy is superior to chemotherapy. In her most recent entry, data offered by Betsy supports this view.
Get that consultation from a physician who is experienced in giving radioimmunotherapy!
Mort
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i just discovered your blog, so please excuse the question if it is already answered: what is the downside of radioimmunotherapy? for example, does the radioactivity do permanent harm to the body's natural immunity? the bone marrow? thank you for the interesting and hopeful information. i will continue to read.
Posted by: irvey saltz | February 24, 2007 6:43 AM