Doxorubicin can damage the heart. Your doctor may order a test of your heart function (like a MUGA scan or echocardiogram) before starting you on this drug. Bleomycin can damage lungs. Doctors often test lung function before starting someone on this drug. read more
Initially I had a 90 hour course of intense chemo because they didnt want to delay treatment whilst awaiting the results of my bone marrow aspiration. After this they gave me RCHOP chemotherapy as a day patient on a unit, interspersed with high dose methotrexate and ARA-C, both of which involved being an in patient. read more
Brentuximab vedotin was approved in 2011 for the treatment of systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma for patients who did not benefit from at least 1 type of chemotherapy. The drug was also approved for Hodgkin lymphoma patients who did not benefit from or were unable to undergo stem cell transplantation. read more