Season’s Greetings

THANK YOU for helping to make a difference

This year we achieved so much that would not have been possible without our community.

We are incredibly appreciative to all who shared and supported our vision of lymphoma care nurses being accessible to all
Australians, helping to take the fear and unknown out of a cancer
diagnosis.

Please watch and share our highlights video below and THANK YOU for your support this year.

Our office will be closed from Thursday 21 December 2017 and reopen Monday 8 January 2018. Please phone 1800 953 081 and leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible during this time.

Merry Christmas and wishing you all a healthy and safe break.

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Please note: Lymphoma Australia staff are only able to reply to emails sent in English language.

For people living in Australia, we can offer a phone translation service. Have your nurse or English speaking relative call us to arrange this.

Useful Definitions

  • Refractory: This means the lymphoma does not get better with treatment. The treatment didn’t work as hoped.
  • Relapsed: This means the lymphoma came back after being gone for a while after treatment.
  • 2nd line treatment: This is the second treatment you get if the first one didn’t work (refractory) or if the lymphoma comes back (relapse).
  • 3rd line treatment: This is the third treatment you get if the second one didn’t work or the lymphoma comes back again.
  • Approved: Available in Australia and listed by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).
  • Funded: Costs are covered for Australian citizens. This means if you have a Medicare card, you shouldn’t have to pay for the treatment.[WO7]

You need healthy T-cells to make CAR T-cells. For this reason, CAR T-cell therapy cannot be used if you have a T-cell lymphoma – yet.

For more information on CAR T-cells and T-cell lymphoma click here. 

Special Note: Although your T-cells are removed from your blood for CAR T-cell therapy, most of our T-cells live outside of our blood – in our lymph nodes, thymus, spleen and other organs.