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UK Patient Information Guide: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

This section lists information resources available in the UK for cancer patients and their families. For resources giving general information on cancer, its treatments and effects, please use the links in the right hand menu.

Books

A Young Person's Guide to Lymphoma
Author Lymphoma Association
Description A useful and clearly written guide for teenagers/adolescents, which provides information on issues such as diet, sex and fertility, going into hospital, going home after treatment, and relationships with family and friends.
Date 2003
Obtain from Free from the Lymphoma Association on 0808 808 5555
URL http://www.lymphoma.org.uk
Living With Lymphoma: A Patient's Guide
Author Elizabeth Adler
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Description A valuable guide for people with lymphoma and the people caring for them, written by a scientist who has had lymphoma herself. The book is published in the U.S. so some references to health care services may not be relevant to the reader in the UK.
ISBN 0-801881-79-X
Cost £13.50
Date 2005

Booklets and factsheets

Cancer and fertility for men
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Cancer and fertility for women
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Lymphoma Association
Author Lymphoma Association
Description Provides emotional support and information on a range of issues to anyone with lymphatic cancer and to their families, carers and friends, produces a wide range of online booklets, factsheets and video on many different aspects of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Obtain from Lymphoma Association, PO Box 386, AYLESBURY, Bucks HP20 2GA.Freephone: 0808 80 85 555

URL http://www.lymphoma.org.uk
Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
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Understanding stem cell and bone marrow transplants
Author Cancerbackup
Description Booklet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup

All resources in UK patient information guide have been reviewed by Cancerbackup specialist nurses and all details were correct at time of review.

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