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==Overview==
==Overview==
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with waldenström's macroglobulinemia. [[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for patients with either relapse or refractory cases of waldenström's macroglobulinemia.<ref name= "surg">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015)http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015</ref>
[[Surgery]] is not the [[first-line treatment]] option for [[patients]] with [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. [[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for [[patients]] with either [[relapse]]<nowiki/>or [[refractory]] [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]]. In very [[rare]] [[Case-based reasoning|cases]], laporotomy or laproscopy might be required.


==Surgery==
==Surgery==
[[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for patients with either relapse or refractory cases of waldenström's macroglobulinemia.<ref name= "surg">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015)http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015</ref>
*[[Stem cell transplant]] is usually reserved for [[patients]] when either [[lymphoma]] comes [[back]] ([[Recurrence plot|recurs]]/[[Relapse|relapses]]) after [[Treatments|treatment]] or doesn’t [[Response element|respond]] to other [[treatments]] (called [[refractory]] [[disease]]).<ref name="sure">Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015) http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015</ref>
*Many [[People's Solidarity|people]] with [[Waldenström's macroglobulinemia|Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia]] are [[Old age|older]] or may not be in good [[health]], so a [[stem cell transplant]] may not be a good [[Treatments|treatment]] option for them.
*In very [[rare]] [[Case-based reasoning|cases]], laporotomy or laproscopy might be required.
 
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Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Stem cell transplant is usually reserved for patients with either relapseor refractory Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. In very rare cases, laporotomy or laproscopy might be required.

Surgery

References

  1. Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: prognosis and management. Blood Cancer Journal (2015) http://www.nature.com/bcj/journal/v5/n3/full/bcj201528a.html Accessed on November 13, 2015

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