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Primary Brain Lymphomas
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Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
2Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
4Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
15These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP, Serum AFP, Blood)
- Blood Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Test
- Calcium Concentration (Blood, Total)
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactic Acid Concentration (L-Lactate)
- Creatine Kinase Concentration
- Fetal Hemoglobin (Hemoglobin F, HbF) Concentration
- Heamatocrit (Hct)
- Hemoglobin (Hb) Concentration
- Lymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- Phosphate Concentration (PO4, Phosphorus)
- Platelet Count
- Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count
- Urine B2 Microglobulin Concentration
- Urine glucose concentration
Biological markers/agents
15This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
10- Alpha-Fetoprotein (Non-Pregnant, Serum)Reference range exampleAll: 5–40 ng/mLLinked diagnostic testsAlpha-Fetoprotein (AFP, Serum AFP
- Calcium (Blood, Total)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 8.5–10.4 mg/dL; Birth - 2wks: 7.6–10.3 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCalcium Concentration (Blood, Total)
- Creatine Kinase1 (CK-BB) IsoenzymeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–1 %Linked diagnostic testsCreatine Kinase Concentration
- Fetal Hemoglobin (Hemoglobin F, HbF)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–2.1 %; Birth - 2wks: 56–90 %Linked diagnostic testsFetal Hemoglobin (Hemoglobin F, HbF) Concentration
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (Blood hCG)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–5 units/LLinked diagnostic testsBlood Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Test
- Lactic Acid (Cerebrospinal Fluid, L-Lactate)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 9–21 mg/dL; Birth - 2wks: 10–65 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid Lactic Acid Concentration (L-Lactate)
- Phosphate (PO4, Phosphorus, P)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 2.5–4.5 mg/dL; Birth - 2wks: 4.3–9.2 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsPhosphate Concentration (PO4, Phosphorus)
- PlateletsReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 150–450 109/L; Adult ( > 16y): 135–380 109/LLinked diagnostic testsPlatelet Count
- Urine B2 MicroglobulinReference range example0–1 mg/24hrsLinked diagnostic testsUrine B2 Microglobulin Concentration
- Urine glucoseReference range example0–2.5; Adult ( > 16y): 0–2.5 mmol/dayLinked diagnostic testsUrine glucose concentration
Often decreased
5- B Cells (CD19 Percentage)Reference range exampleAll: 3–25 %Linked diagnostic testsLymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- Beta GlobulinReference range exampleAll: 0.7–1.2 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsProtein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- Hemoglobin (Hb)Reference range exampleFemale: 78–100 gm/dL; Male: 76–100 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsHemoglobin (Hb) Concentration, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) Weight Test
- RBC MassReference range exampleFemale: 36–48 %; Male: 42–52 %Linked diagnostic testsHeamatocrit (Hct)
- Red Blood Cells (RBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 3.6–5 106/mm3; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4.2–5.4 106/mm3Linked diagnostic testsRed Blood Cell (RBC) Count
Introduction / full article
Primary Brain Lymphomas
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Red Clover helps to treat lymphomas)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/redclover/
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609225
4. http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/natural-fertility-boosters.html
5. http://indigo-herbs.co.uk/acatalog/Red_Clover_Flowers_Info.html
6. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/trifolium_pratense.html
7. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/red-clover
8. http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69350.cfm