title: Overview of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  Review and research articles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NHLs are divided primarily into two main categories based on their rate of growth: aggressive and indolent. Within these two groups are various subtypes that have various clinical features. Prognostic features have been useful in determining the potential outcome of treatment of patients with NHL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses play an important role in the education of patients regarding the type of lymphoma they have and the steps necessary to make an accurate diagnosis, which is important in determining the appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Barbara.rogers@fccc.edu
authors.forename: Barbara Barnes
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology