Lymphoma is one of the four main types of leukemia, together with acute lymphoblastic leucemia (ALL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Hodgkin lymphoma.
Along the years, doctors and chemists have acknowledged more and more what is known as adverse effects of chemotherapy, which means that it is more likely to damage healthy cells and harm other organs than eradicate cancer cells. As a consequence, the number of people dying by chemotherapy is increasing on the back of side effects which are visible and invisible -- greed for food, persistent vomiting, birth defects, neuropathy, and heart problems [1, 2]. This happens because, even without affecting the cancer cells directly, some drugs cause an inflammatory reaction, spur growth of new tumors, or damage surrounding tissues with other tumor-like processes, causing high risk of infection, increased risk of developing secondary cancer such as secondary leukemia (leucosis) [3,4].
This kind of attack requires routine attention to no do people required to take antitumor medicines year after year, wasting precious time. However, how to diagnose lymphoma? The main signs widely inform those who consulted with oncologists or hematologists as issues in blood – prompt deterioration of blood system parameters and more precise – expression of many acute thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia by erythroblasts and helpers, low levels of both red and white blood count.