Lymphoma treatment response

  Different patients respond differently to treatment and there are individual differences. During treatment, the doctor will arrange for the patient to have tests that will help the doctor make a judgment about the effectiveness of the treatment and adjust the treatment plan based on the results.  During a patient’s treatment, the doctor will use the following medical terminology: Remission All active symptoms of lymphoma are in remission, and patients who achieve remission can survive for a long time.  There are two types of remission: complete remission: the presence of a lymphoma lesion is not detected and lasts for more than one month; partial remission: the lesion shrinks by more than 50% and lasts for more than one month; stable disease: the symptoms of lymphoma have been controlled by treatment and no new lesions have developed for more than one month.  Progressive: The disease becomes severe as the diameter of the lesion increases or new lesions appear.  Relapse: After 6 months of disease remission or obtaining disease-free survival, lymphoma-related signs and symptoms appear again.  For DLBCL, if a complete remission is obtained after treatment, with no signs and symptoms of disease for 3-5 years, in medical professional terms, this means that a cure is obtained!  The goal of DLBCL treatment is to be cured or to obtain remission.