Indolent NHL is a slow-growing form of lymphoma. It encompasses what had been called low-grade NHL and some categories of intermediate-grade NHL. Depending on the type of cancer, patients today often live years without a lot of treatment. The usual strategy had been to wait until symptoms were manifested to a large degree before treatment [...]

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The practice of treating patients with relatively nonspecific cytotoxic compounds, such as chemotherapy, is now being complemented by a new era of targeted lymphoma drug development. Researchers are now able to identify a wide array of molecular targets and agents. The new agents include several broad classes of drugs that:

modulate or change the expression of [...]

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Standard Therapy
At its most fundamental level, cancer has emerged as a disease of genes and DNA, and the entire message can now be interpreted with the aid of sophisticated techniques in molecular and cellular biology.

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OVERVIEW
Lymphomas represent about 4% of the new cases of cancer diagnosed in the U.S. each year. They constitute the fifth most common cancer diagnosis and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths. In fact, although the incidence of most cancers is decreasing, lymphoma is one of only two tumors that are increasing in frequency. The [...]

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Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. It predominantly affects children between the ages of six months and two years, and usually less than five years of age. Asian children are at higher risk due to genetic predisposition. The male-female ratio is 1.5:1. Males are more frequently affected [...]

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The current treatment for Kawasaki disease includes IVIG and aspirin. Adults who are treated with IVIG have demonstrated similar responses and recovery times as children. High-dose IVIG has proven to reduce the morbidity and mortality that is associated with Kawasaki disease. As mentioned by Saulsbury, when IVIG is given within the first 10 days of [...]

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Laboratory Evaluation
During the first admission, the potassium hydroxide and saline wet-mount slides, and the gonorrhea and chlamydia cultures were all negative. A review of her prenatal records revealed a negative prenatal work-up, including a negative HIV test.

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