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Treatment | Lymphoma Canada Jump to navigation Lymphoma Canada Languages Français English Know Your Nodes Contact Us Donate Lymphoma Canada Main menuWell-nighUsOur TeamBoard of Directors Scientific Advisory Board Our Partners Annual Reports Contact Us LymphomaPatient ExperienceTaking ControlFinding Clinical Trials Your Healthcare Team Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Team Young Adults Coping with CancerCoping and Emotions TalkingWell-nighYour Cancer Exercise Nutrition Advocacy Advanced Planning Loss and Grief Advanced Cancer CaregiversBasics of Caregiving Caring for someone with Lymphoma Tips for Caregivers Self-care for Caregivers Caregivers Need from Healthcare Professionals Care for the Caregiver Advanced Cancer Caregivers OverviewCancer Lymphatic SystemThoroughbred&UnorthodoxyMarrow Lymphoma CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLLDevelopment of CLL How CLL Affects theSoulRisks Signs & Symptoms Richter's Transformation DiagnosisLab Tests Staging Watch & Wait TreatmentOverview of CLL Treatment Options Chemotherapy Antibody Therapy Targeted Therapy Radiation Therapy Splenectomy StemLaminaTransplantation Supportive Care CLL ResourcesVideos Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms DiagnosisSubtypes Staging Treatment Non-Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms Causes TreatmentGoals of Treatment Watch and Wait Biologics Radiation SurgeryUnorthodoxyMarrow Transplant Complementary Therapies Side Effect Management LowThoroughbredCounts Post Treatment Staging Classifying NHL Grading NHL NHL Subtypes TreatmentAggressive NHL Indolent NHL Get InvolvedWays to GiveMonthly Giving Planned GiftBequests Life Insurance Stocks Annuities Charitable Remainder Trust A Gift of Residual Interest ECHOage Volunteer Join an event Create an event Share your story Shared Stories News & EventsNewsImproving Access to Innovative Cancer Therapies Lien pour le sondage patients/proches LLA et LDGCB r/r Big News in Nova Scotia Events2018 National Patient Conference - Quebec City Vancouver Patient Conference - Sept 15 take it to the mat Toronto take it to the mat Montreal Programs & ResourcesPublications Educational Sessions Healthcare ProfessionalsResearch Fellowship SupportSupport Groups Peer Support Program Financial Assistance Helpful LinksGlossary Newsletter Archive Search form Search Search Main menuWell-nighUsOur TeamBoard of Directors Scientific Advisory Board Our Partners Annual Reports Contact Us LymphomaPatient ExperienceTaking ControlFinding Clinical Trials Your Healthcare Team Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Team Young Adults Coping with CancerCoping and Emotions TalkingWell-nighYour Cancer Exercise Nutrition Advocacy Advanced Planning Loss and Grief Advanced Cancer CaregiversBasics of Caregiving Caring for someone with Lymphoma Tips for Caregivers Self-care for Caregivers Caregivers Need from Healthcare Professionals Care for the Caregiver Advanced Cancer Caregivers OverviewCancer Lymphatic SystemThoroughbred&UnorthodoxyMarrow Lymphoma CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLLDevelopment of CLL How CLL Affects theSoulRisks Signs & Symptoms Richter's Transformation DiagnosisLab Tests Staging Watch & Wait TreatmentOverview of CLL Treatment Options Chemotherapy Antibody Therapy Targeted Therapy Radiation Therapy Splenectomy StemLaminaTransplantation Supportive Care CLL ResourcesVideos Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms DiagnosisSubtypes Staging Treatment Non-Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms Causes TreatmentGoals of Treatment Watch and Wait Biologics Radiation SurgeryUnorthodoxyMarrow Transplant Complementary Therapies Side Effect Management LowThoroughbredCounts Post Treatment Staging Classifying NHL Grading NHL NHL Subtypes TreatmentAggressive NHL Indolent NHL Get InvolvedWays to GiveMonthly Giving Planned GiftBequests Life Insurance Stocks Annuities Charitable Remainder Trust A Gift of Residual Interest ECHOage Volunteer Join an event Create an event Share your story Shared Stories News & EventsNewsImproving Access to Innovative Cancer Therapies Lien pour le sondage patients/proches LLA et LDGCB r/r Big News in Nova Scotia Events2018 National Patient Conference - Quebec City Vancouver Patient Conference - Sept 15 take it to the mat Toronto take it to the mat Montreal Programs & ResourcesPublications Educational Sessions Healthcare ProfessionalsResearch Fellowship SupportSupport Groups Peer Support Program Financial Assistance Helpful LinksGlossary Newsletter Archive Search form Search Search You are hereHome > Lymphoma > CLL & SLL > Treatment Treatment            Many people with CLL & SLL do not require treatment right yonder and some people never require treatment. The visualization to start treatment depends on whether you have signs or symptoms that are associated with progressive disease. Together, these signs and symptoms are tabbed treatment indications. Treatment is started only if you have at least one of the treatment indications listed below:Vestigeyour unorthodoxy marrow is unable to alimony up with your body's need for healthy thoroughbred cells - measured by the minutiae of, or worsening of, anemia (low red thoroughbred lamina counts) and/or thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts); Massive spleen, progressive spleen enlargement, or an enlarged spleen that is causing symptoms; Massive lymph nodes (at least 10 cm in longest diameter), progressive lymph node enlargement or large lymph nodes that are causing symptoms; Increase in number of lymphocytes of increasingly than 50% over a 2-month period or lymphocyte doubling time (LDT) of less than 6 months; Autoimmune anemia and/or thrombocytopenia (low numbers of red thoroughbred cells or platelets that results when your soul makes antibodies that destroy them) that doesn’t respond to standard medications; ‘B’ symptoms, specified as any one or increasingly of the pursuit disease-related symptoms or signs: • Unintentional weight loss of 10% or increasingly within the previous 6 months;• significant fatigue (inability to work or perform usual activities);• fevers higher than 38.0°C for 2 or increasingly weeks without other vestige of infection; or• heavy night sweats for increasingly than 1 month without vestige of infection. Although no cure has been found yet for CLL & SLL, there are many treatment options that indulge patients to finger well and live for years in good health. The goals of treatment are to: Reduce the numbers of CLL cells in your blood, lymph nodes, spleen and unorthodoxy marrow Relieve your symptoms and maximize your quality of life for as long as possible The type of treatment you have will depend on a number of factors, including: Your age Your unstipulated health or fitness Any other illnesses you have What changes have happened to the genes and chromosomes of the CLL cells Your doctors will take all these factors into worth when planning your treatment. Standard treatment options for CLL include: Watch & wait Drug therapy Chemotherapy Antibody therapy Targeted therapy Radiation therapy Surgery Stem-cell transplantation Many people are frightened by the side effects of cancer treatment. However, it is important to understand that: Not all patients who receive treatment wits side effects; Side effects are not unchangingly severe, they can be mild;Variegatedtreatments have variegated side effects; There are many constructive treatments that can reduce side effects or prevent them from happening altogether. Everyone reacts to cancer therapy differently.  Even people of similar age and health can wits variegated side effects from treatment. Most side effects are short-lived, but some can last for a few weeks or months without treatment has finished. Occasionally, side effects can be permanent. Some side effects can start long without treatment has finished. These are tabbed late-effects.  Your doctor will talk to you well-nigh any effects surpassing you start treatment. Depending on the side effects you wits and how strongly you finger them, you might not be worldly-wise to maintain your usual level of worriedness during treatment.  You might need to set whispered increasingly time for rest and healing.        Lymphoma PatientWitsOverview CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLL Diagnosis Watch & Wait TreatmentOverview of CLL Treatment Options Chemotherapy Antibody Therapy Targeted Therapy Radiation Therapy Splenectomy StemLaminaTransplantation Supportive Care CLL Resources Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Are you a patient? Get Informed Are you a healthcare professional? See Resources News & Events October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... Read increasingly well-nigh 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... 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