Follicular lymphoma
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| Follicular lymphoma | |
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| Term | Follicular lymphoma |
| Short definition | follicular large cell lymphoma (fuh-LIH-kyoo-ler larj sel lim-FOH-muh) A rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer that starts in cells of the immune system), characterized by enlarged lymph nodes and large cancer cells that may appear split (U-shaped) under a microscope. Follicular large cell lymphoma is treated as an aggressive (fast-growing) lymphoma but sometimes recurs years later and behaves like an indolent (slow-growing) lymphoma |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
follicular lymphoma - (pronounced) (fuh-LIH-kyoo-ler lim-FOH-muh) A type of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer of the immune system) that is usually indolent (slow grows). The tumor cells grow in groups to form nodules. There are several subtypes of follicular lymphoma
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