Non-Hodgkin lymphoma classification

Types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Over the years, doctors have used a variety of terms to classify the many different types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Most often, they are grouped by how the cancer cells look under a microscope and how quickly they are likely to grow and spread. Current lymphoma classification is complex.

MeSH includes four different criteria for classifying NHL. (It is possible to be classified under more than one.)


 * High-grade vs. intermediate vs. low-grade: Aggressive lymphomas, also known as intermediate and high-grade lymphomas, tend to grow and spread quickly and cause severe symptoms. Indolent lymphomas, also referred to as low-grade lymphomas, tend to grow quite slowly and cause fewer symptoms. One of the paradoxes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is that the indolent lymphomas generally cannot be cured by chemotherapy, while in a significant number of cases aggressive lymphomas can be.


 * Diffuse vs. follicular: Follicular lymphoma tends to be indolent, and diffuse lymphoma tends to be aggressive.


 * T-cell lymphoma vs. B-cell lymphoma
 * Gluten-sensitive enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma or EATL


 * ''Large cell lymphoma (such as anaplastic large cell lymphoma) vs. Small cell lymphoma vs. Mixed cell lymphoma

Details of the most popular classifications of lymphoma can be found in the lymphoma page.