IWD2023 Wonderful Women in Lymphoma

International Women’s Day – 8 March 2023

Women in Lymphoma (WiL) proudly awards Prof. Norah O. Akinola – Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria  & Dr. Marta E. Zerga – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina as WiL’s IWD 2023 Wonderful Women in Lymphoma for being an inspiration to colleagues and showcasing lymphoma treatment in Nigeria and Argentina. Congratulations!

2023 marks the 3rd annual IWD Wonderful Women in Lymphoma award.

This achievement is awarded to women in lymphoma who inspire, mentor and educate other women in the field of lymphoma.

For more, visit https://womeninlymphoma.org/

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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.