Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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Chemotherapy - Other NHL Types

Central Nervous System NHL

There has been a growing interest in the use of systemic (whole-body) chemotherapy for the treatment of NHL of the central nervous system. Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) can be difficult to treat, because many drugs do not pass through the blood-brain barrier of the CNS. In spite of this, some fat-penetrating drugs and drugs with very small molecules are able to cross the barrier and destroy the tumor cells. These d...Read the full article