The treatment advised for each case depends on various factors such as the exact type and stage of the lymphoma. It depends on, whether it is high or low-grade, your age, your general health, the size of the affected nodes, and which parts of the body are affected. In general, the goal of treatment is to destroy as many lymphoma cells as possible and to induce a complete remission; that is, to eliminate all evidence of disease. Patients who go into remission are sometimes cured of their disease.
In general, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are the two principal forms of treatment for lymphoma. Although radiation therapy is not often the sole or principal curative therapy, it is an important additional treatment in some cases. Stem Cell Transplantation and a watch-and-wait strategy are also used to treat some lymphoma subtypes.