Talk:Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

message: The original version of this article was edited down from the wab page http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/non-hodgkins-lymphoma As a work of an agency of the U.S. Federal Government, this should be a public domain resource that can be used as source material for Wikipedia.
I think it would help to distinuish between Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, I dont really see a comparison between the two in the article.  This distinction should probably be in the introduction. --ShaunMacPherson 12:02, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Can't promise I'll do it soon, but the distinction is mainly made on histopathology of affected lymph nodes. Reed-Sternberg cells imply Hodgkin's. Clinically, Hodgkin's occurs more often in young adults and then again in the elderly, while NHL occurs in all age groups with higher rates in the elderly. JFW | T@lk 16:17, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: The

message: I've added some new info to fill in one of the places where the NCI info was lacking: staging. Specifically, they didn't lay out what the individual types and stages are. 
This leaves us with no PD resource to cut and paste from, so I'm reading and learning from various proprietary resources and once I've got a better understanding, I'll finish the writeup. If anyone is willing to help, I still need to add information about bulk, grade, type a, type b, and agressive and indolent lymphomas.
This page is great, but copyright of cancerhelp.org.uk, so I can't just take it
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3044
Glitch010101 04:47, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some edits and additional info 

message: Why does this article state so confidently that lymphoma develops in the lymphatic system? Cutaneous lymphomas anyone, or primary cerebral lymphomas? It's much better called a tumor of lymphocytes. JFW | T@lk 03:12, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I could not resist the temptation. More work coming, although my exams are coming. JFW | T@lk 03:34, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Waffle 

message: This section has nothing to do with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and very little to do with the word "prognosis". Some actual information on the prognosis for this particular disease would much better serve the article. 70.137.149.55 05:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've revised the section on Prognosis in an attempt to make it more useful. I put in a little about the IPI/FLIPI. Also added a section on assessing the response to treatment. 68.166.14.179 04:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prognosis 

message: Given that we have Hodgkin's lymphoma rather than Hodgkin lymphoma (and Burkitt's lymphoma rather than Burkitt lymphoma), wouldn't it be sensible to rename this article Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma? Google (and the medical world) seems split about 50:50 in each case. I don't care which we use, but consistency seems desirable. Gnusmas 09:10, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Medical professionals use Non-Hodgkin without the ['s]. JFW | T@lk 21:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I also noticed that within this article, there are inconsistencies.  Sometimes, the apostrophe and "s" are used, and other times not.  (JosephASpadaro 14:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True, it's inconsistent. At some point we should change them all to non-Hodgkin. I've been meaning to sink some time into overhauling this article for awhile, but haven't got around to it yet. MastCell Talk 16:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Non-Hodgkin or Non-Hodgkin's

message: explores risk to family members of NHL patients. Small but increased risk, unsurprisingly. JFW | T@lk 21:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Family

message: "Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer arising from lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell."
:Think introduction needs to be reworked. this statememnt though not untrue, general reader   may confuse with leukemia. whether both are part of a same spectrum is a differrent issue.--Countincr ( T@lk ) 18:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction

message: The long section on alcohol as a possible cause of NHL was a cut-and-paste job from Alcohol and cancer.  I think a simple link to that article is a better solution:  it reduces information maintenance hassles, and it avoids undue weight issues.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Alcohol

message: Survival of NHL continues to improve - especially in younger patient, but for some reason black people are lagging behind - http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/168/5/469 JFW | T@lk 05:55, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survival

message: I have just realized that this long article about a major disease category contains a whopping two references.  Surely we can do better than this.  Anyone have a particular place in the article that they think is in most need of refs?  WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have another suggestion: shorten this article about a defunct disease category to the point where two references would be enough. Emmanuelm (talk) 01:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That would take a lot of work, beginning with collecting all the real names for the multiple diseases, so that people could get out of this page and to the "correct" one.  I wonder if we could get support for merging it to Lymphoma?  WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:03, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I support Emmanuelm's position (shorten NHL, rather than provide more refs). The collection of real names is available in Template:Hematological malignancy histology. --Arcadian (talk) 10:39, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you think about redirecting it to Lymphoma?  It seems silly to have a short article that lists all the lymphomas except Hodgkin's, when we should already have an article that lists the same thing plus Hodgkin's, and this one would then just duplicate that article, minus one or two paragraphs.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:34, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I could support that as well (though the NHL content is better than the content at lymphoma, so it might be appropriate to salvage some of the content before redirecting.) --Arcadian (talk) 05:02, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I raised this issue here in April and Jellytussle disagreed. I understand that we now have a consensus to i) keep the article, ii) shorten it, focusing it on the 1982 Working Formulation, and iii) move the bulk of its contents to Lymphoma. Do you agree? Emmanuelm (talk) 02:51, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd support either a reduction or redirection. I think that a reduction is slightly better, because that's what MeSH does, and because so many people would expect to see a NHL page, and it would confuse them if such a page were not present. If we do a redirection instead of a reduction, then we should make sure to clearly define the usage of the term NHL in the introduction of lymphoma. --Arcadian (talk) 17:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eeeeww 

message: Apologies if this is not the correct method for reporting stale links, but the Patient information on non-Hodgkin lymphoma link is not working correctly any more.--Jduff72 (talk) 17:45, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Stale link

message: The phrases indolent lymphoma and indolent non-hodgkin lymphoma are used elsewhere but what do they refer to ? (WP does have Indolent follicular lymphoma but not Indolent lymphoma). - Rod57 (talk) 19:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Waldenström's macroglobulinemia says it is an indolent lymphoma. - Rod57 (talk) 06:47, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which of the 16 subtypes are or can be indolent 

message: Since it is not specific to NHL we should delete the content (move to lymphoma?) and just refer to say lymphoma ? - Rod57 (talk) 15:42, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Causes section not helpful 

message: There is a lawsuit against Monsanto for this disease.
https://monsantoroundupclassactionlawsuit.com
Arydberg (talk) 09:40, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  lawsuit