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 14, 2018
Great news today with the announcement from the Minister for Health the Honourable Greg Hunt MP that Keytruda
published April 5, 2018
A breakthrough drug with its origins in Melbourne is driving a major shift in the treatment of blood cancers.&

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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.