The Stanford researchers start the multistep process by removing two kinds of tissue from a lymphoma patient.
Dr. Neuwelt described some lymphoma patients in language that few cancer specialists dare to use.
They tested their strategy on 16 follicular lymphoma patients, growing their personalized vaccines in tobacco leaves for three to four months.
Myc gene was first discovered in Burkitt's lymphoma patients.
International Prognostic Index is a medical tool used in oncology to predict the outcome of lymphoma patients.
Funds raised from this initiative will help researchers maximize the body's own ability to strike out and eliminate disease so lymphoma patients can extend their life.
None of the spleens were from lymphoma patients.
This has been shown for lymphoma patients who received the antibody Rituxan.
It is important to note that, in contrast to increased levels in lymphoma patients, these Ig light chains are polyclonal.
The condition occurs as a complication in 5 percent to 10 percent of lymphoma patients treated with chemotherapy and radiation.