Avoid foods that are high in saturated fats from animal products such as meats, butters, and cheeses. Also limit trans fats that are found in processed food cooked in hydrogenated fats. These types of foods include crackers, potato chips, baked goods, and deep-fried fast foods.
Choose foods that are high in protein and energy – such as omelettes, cheese, yoghurts, nut butter, milk-based puddings, bananas and oats. Full-fat products, for example whole milk, full-fat yoghurt, nut butters and avocado provide more energy (calories) than low or reduced fat ones.
Moreover, a study from the Wilmot Cancer Institute found that people with follicular lymphoma who had low vitamin D levels before starting treatment were more likely to relapse sooner or die of the disease. Vitamin D supplementation may even be helpful during lymphoma treatments.
Magnesium supplements may only be beneficial in the early stages of cancer, whereas in the later stages, they may actually be harmful. To conclude, the recent findings by Chaigne-Delalande et al. substantiate the concept that magnesium deficiency is critically involved in the pathogenesis of lymphoma.
Drink plenty of water throughout the day to prevent dehydration and reduce treatment side effects. Drink broths or sports drinks to replace electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium.
Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is one of the main tools used to treat lymphoma. Chemotherapy medications are chemicals that kill lymphoma cells.
In this study in postmenopausal women, coffee consumption was not associated with the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A possible interaction between coffee and alcohol intake, with effects on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk, may warrant further study. This Study Summary was published on January 4, 2022.
Some long-term infections may increase a person's risk of lymphoma by forcing their immune system to be constantly active. As more lymphocytes are made to fight the infection, there is a greater chance for mutations in key genes to occur, which might eventually lead to lymphoma.
Doctors categorize non-Hodgkin lymphoma as aggressive if it grows and spreads quickly. There are many types, and they typically require immediate treatment. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a type of cancer that originates in white blood cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the immune system.
In further analysis of NHL subtypes, we found statistically significant associations between the consumption of total dairy product (RR = 1.73, 95% CI: 1.22–2.45) and milk (RR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.08–2.06) and the risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Persistent, severe fatigue is a common symptom among people with Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Fatigue can be caused by lymphoma itself, or it can be a side effect of lymphoma treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Fatigue from cancer or cancer treatment is called cancer-related fatigue.
Natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTL) is a sub-type of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-related non-Hodgkin lymphomas common in Asia and Latin America but rare elsewhere. Its pathogenesis is complex and incompletely understood. Lymphoma cells are transformed from NK- or T-cells, sometimes both.
Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Poorer Survival in Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Patients who reported having higher levels of physical activity prior to their lymphoma diagnosis had better overall and lymphoma-specific survival compared with those who were less physically active in that timeframe.
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from Cornell researchers.
Blastic NK cell lymphoma tends to grow very quickly and can be difficult to treat. It can start almost anywhere in the body.
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma or Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia.
This is a rare, slow-growing type of lymphoma. It's found mainly in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen. This type of lymphoma can't be cured. But people can live with it for many years.
The evidence on green tea consumption and health outcomes presented in this review suggests green tea may be favorable for cardiovascular disease, particularly stroke, and certain cancers such as endometrial, esophageal, lung, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, oral, and ovarian cancer.
Those patients with large B-cell lymphoma had about 60 percent reduced risk of death, relapse or secondary cancer if they had been drinking wine for at least the previous 25 years before diagnosis. "It is clear that lifestyle factors like alcohol can affect outcome," said Han.
Only You Can Decide Whether To Drink
Some people living with lymphoma stop drinking alcohol entirely because they don't want to risk possible health effects or worsened side effects from treatment. Others may choose to continue to drink because they enjoy it and feel comfortable with moderate drinking.