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Lymphoma Australia turns 20 in 2024
published July 23, 2024
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Losing the locks to help lymphoma
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Patient Newsletter – May 2025
published May 8, 2025
May 2025 Inside this edition, we will be covering treatment updates, benefit Upcoming Support Groups Exe
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Patient Newsletter – February 2025
published May 8, 2025
February 2025 Inside this edition, we will be covering upcoming support groups and education events and
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Tracking Long-term Effects of Cancer Treatment
published April 28, 2025
Roughly 800 people are diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma each year in Australia, and both adults and children ca
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CAR T-Cell Therapy – Why Some Australians Still Miss Out
published April 14, 2025
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy – better known as  CAR T-cell therapy is a treatment for people with
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Please note: Lymphoma Australia staff are only able to reply to emails sent in English language.

For people living in Australia, we can offer a phone translation service. Have your nurse or English speaking relative call us to arrange this.

Useful Definitions

  • Refractory: This means the lymphoma does not get better with treatment. The treatment didn’t work as hoped.
  • Relapsed: This means the lymphoma came back after being gone for a while after treatment.
  • 2nd line treatment: This is the second treatment you get if the first one didn’t work (refractory) or if the lymphoma comes back (relapse).
  • 3rd line treatment: This is the third treatment you get if the second one didn’t work or the lymphoma comes back again.
  • Approved: Available in Australia and listed by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).
  • Funded: Costs are covered for Australian citizens. This means if you have a Medicare card, you shouldn’t have to pay for the treatment.[WO7]

You need healthy T-cells to make CAR T-cells. For this reason, CAR T-cell therapy cannot be used if you have a T-cell lymphoma – yet.

For more information on CAR T-cells and T-cell lymphoma click here. 

Special Note: Although your T-cells are removed from your blood for CAR T-cell therapy, most of our T-cells live outside of our blood – in our lymph nodes, thymus, spleen and other organs.