What does Rice chemotherapy stand for?

RICE (Rituximab + Ifosfamide + Carboplatin + Etoposide) is a Chemotherapy Regimen for Lymphoma, B-cell.

How long is rice chemo?

When you have RICE You have RICE as cycles of treatment. Each cycle lasts 3 weeks. You usually have 3 cycles of treatment. Some people have an allergic reaction to rituximab.

What is the GELF criteria?

Patients must meet ≥1 of the following criteria to be considered “high” tumour burden according to GELF: any tumour mass >7 cm; ≥ 3 nodal sites (each >3 cm); B symptoms; splenomegaly; compression syndrome; pleural/peritoneal effusion; leukemic phase or cytopenias.

Is R CHOP chemo?

R-CHOP is named for the initials of the five drugs. The R comes from rituximab, which is not a chemotherapy drug but is composed of man-made antibodies that help your immune cells destroy cancerous tumors. The addition of rituximab replaced a longtime therapy called CHOP that didn’t work very well and was highly toxic.

Is white rice cancerous?

There is no strong evidence suggesting that taking moderate quantities of white rice may cause cancer. Different studies suggest that white rice intake may not be associated with the risk of cancer.

Does R-CHOP cause hairloss?

Your hair will get thinner. Or you may lose all the hair from your head. You may also lose your eyelashes and eyebrows, as well as other body hair. Hair loss usually starts after your first or second treatment.

What is a Flipi score?

Briefly, the FL International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) score was designed by studying clinical characteristics of 1795 newly diagnosed cases of FL between 1985 and 1992 across 27 different cancer centers.

How is follicular lymphoma treated?

If you have stage II follicular lymphoma with bulky or larger tumors, you may treat it with a monoclonal antibody, usually obinutuzumab (Gazyva) or rituximab (Rituxan), often along with chemotherapy. Depending on which lymph nodes are affected, you may then have a course of radiation therapy.