Community News

published September 16, 2018
Ballarat Falcons put gridiron in limelight for teammate’s fight with lymphomaOn Saturday 15 September – Worl
published September 14, 2018
On World Lymphoma Awareness Day, we would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who has helped and supported

Newsletters

published January 20, 2020
Lymphoma Newsletter & Update In this month's newsletter we are sharing:2020 Global Patient Survey link
published September 13, 2019
Get all the updates with what is happening during September for Lymphoma Awareness Month Special edition: WLAD

Media

published April 30, 2018
Lymphoma Australia is proud to support the Lymphoma Centre of Research Excellence in PerthOn Tuesday April 24t
published April 14, 2018
Great news today with the announcement from the Minister for Health the Honourable Greg Hunt MP that Keytruda

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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.