lymphoma
Lymphoma is the cancer of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system contains of lymph nodes, found throughout the body, that remove excess fluids and produce immune cells. Lymphoma begins with abnormal lymphocytes produced in the bone marrow, which progress to lymphoma cells that accumulate in the lymph nodes. Lymphocytes are the infection-fighting cells of the immune system found in the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and bone marrow, therefore when these are malignant the body becomes more susceptible to infection.
Lymphomas are divided into two categories:
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
The main difference between Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is the specific lymphocyte each involves. When the cancer cells are examined under a microscopeby a doctor, the detection of a specific abnormal cell called a Reed-Sternberg cell classifies the lymphoma as Hodgkin’s. If the Reed-Sternberg cell is absent then the lymphoma is classified as non-Hodgkin’s.
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