Contents
1. Lymphoma - a curable cancer, a perspective in the 21st century
   
2.

Evaluation of a lump

Bone-marrow aspiration
and biopsy
   
3.

Blood stem cell transplantation for
lymphoma

Hodgkin's disease -
have we achieved the optimum treatment strategy for early-stage disease
   
4. Radiological imaging of lymphoma
   
5.

Classification and tools
in the diagnosis of lymphomas
   
6.

Cytogenetics and its role
in lymphona
   
  NCC Tumour Board
Files
   
  Quiz
   
  NCC Round Up
   
 

Staff Directory
   
  Pharmacy Tips
   
  Lymphoma - An Overview
   
  Contact
   
   
 

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Quiz
 
 
1) Rituximab (Mabthera®) is a novel monoclonal antibody used to treat T-cell lymphomas.
True
False

2) It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between granulomatous disease and lymphoma on positron emission tomography (PET).
True
False

3) Size is used as a criterion in computed tomography to determine whether lymph- node enlargement is abnormal.
True
False

4) Genetic abnormalities may be crucial defining features in the pathological diagnosis of lymphoma.
True
False

5) Chromosomal abnormalities such as translocations may be detected by flow cytometry.
True
False

6) Neutropenia is graded 4 if absolute neutrophil count is less than 500 per microlitre.
True
False

7) Fever of 38°C is not a ‘B’ symptom; fever is considered a ‘B’ symptom only if it is more than 39°C.
True
False

8) The differential diagnosis of a cervical lymph node excludes sarcoidosis.
True
False

9) Fine-needle aspiration (FNAC) of an enlarged lymph node cannot be used to make a definitive diagnosis of lymphoma.
True
False

10) The sites for a bone-marrow aspiration in an adult include anterior iliac crest, posterior iliac crest, and tibia.
True
False