Community News

published December 5, 2018
 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Lymphoma Australia's founding and life member, M
published November 6, 2018
(Photo: Dr Michael Aitkenhead, Senior Medical Advisor Haematology – Janssen; Sharna Moloney, Lymphoma Care Nu

Newsletters

published March 7, 2022
In this month’s newsletter:Legs Out 2022 – join our national event!!Friday 11 March is Legs 1
published May 28, 2020
As we slowly return to a new normal, Lymphoma Australia would again like to reassure the lymphoma community th

Media

published July 9, 2018
On the 1st of May, 2018 immunotherapy became available on the PBS for eligible Australian patients for relapse
published April 30, 2018
Lymphoma Australia is proud to support the Lymphoma Centre of Research Excellence in PerthOn Tuesday April 24t

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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.