3. Most common types of NHL
encountered in clinical practice
types of NHL Incidence
DLBCL 33%
Follicular Lymphoma 22%
Marginal Zone Lymphoma 10%
PTCL 10%
SLL/CLL 7%
Mantle cell lymphoma 7%
4. Types of NHL based on aggressiveness
Low grade Intermediate grade high grade
Follicular lymphoma
Marginal zone
lymphoma
SLL/CLL
DLBCL
PTCL
Burkitt’s lymphoma
Lymphoblastic
lymphoma
5. New ticket day… in the OPD…
Our patient enters…. A man in his 60s
•Median age at presentation –
55-65 years
•Males are affected more than
females
6. I started to listen to his clinical history..
He complained of a painless swelling in his
neck..
2/3rd of NHL patients present with
asymptomatic lymph node
swelling (nodal disease)
Common in FL,MCL & SLL
Sites-
Neck 70%
Groin 60%
Axilla 50%
7. Any extranodal disease…
• I asked him,” Do you have any problem during
swallowing or do you get full with little food?”
1/3rd of NHL patients may
present with extranodal
disease.
Common in DLBCL & MZL
Site-
GIT - 25-35%
Waldayers ring – 18-23%
8. B Symptoms
I asked 3 questions:-
1. Did you suffer from fever in the last few
months?
2. Have you lost a lot of weight lately?
3. Do you change your shirt often due to night
sweats?
Then I asked… did you find any cause to these or
were they unexplained?
11. Imaging
• Chest X-Ray
• CT Thorax, abdomen & pelvis
• PET CT
• Tc-99m Bone Scan
• MUGA/ Echocardiography
Endoscopy
• Upper GI
12. • Bone marrow biopsy
A must for all NHL patients
(SLL, mantle cell lymphoma – 70%
FL – 50% , DLBCL – 15%)
• CSF Cytology
Only in suspected leptomeningeal
involvement
13. Histopathological examination
The cervical lymph node must go for biopsy….
A medium sized accessible
lymph node is preferred for
excision.
Cervical lymph node if
palpable, is preffered
15. X = Bulky disease
• Clinically
diameter > 10cm
• CXR PA-
Mediastinal mass ratio(MMR)
= Max width of mass__ > 0.33
Max intrathoracic dia
= Max width of mass >0.35
Intrathoracic dia @
T5 - T6
19. How do I treat this patient if he has
localised FL – Stage I & II?
Gr 1-2, non bulky,
asymptomatic
IFRT
(30Gy)
Gr 3, bulky, B symptoms
IFRT(30Gy) RCHOP
(4 cycles)
Boost (upto 40 Gy) IFRT
to the bulky site (30Gy)
20. How do I treat this patient if he has
advanced FL – Stage III & IV?
Asymptomatic
Observation or
Rituximab
Symptomatic, B symptoms, cytopenias,
compromised end organ function
RCVP/RCHOP
(6 cycles)
Gr 3 RCHOP (6 cycles)
21. Important studies
study Conclusion
BNLI Study 2003 Observation is a good initial approach in
asymptomatic stage III & IV FL
GLSG Trial 2005 & Marcus et al Rituximab with both CVP & CHOP produce
enhanced OS
SWOG Trial Anthracyclins fail to improve OS in
indolent lymphoma
22. Bendamustine in 1st line
indolent/mantle cell
R-B R R-CHOP
69.5mo PFS 31.2mo
toxicity