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Treatment of AIDS-related lymphoma combines treatment of the lymphoma with treatment for AIDS.
Source: AIDS-Related Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: November 17, 2023 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment Option Overview
Patients with AIDS have weakened immune systems and treatment can cause the immune system to become even weaker. For this reason, treating patients who have AIDS-related lymphoma is difficult and some patients may be treated with lower doses of drugs than lymphoma patients who do not have AIDS.
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is used to lessen the damage to the immune system caused by HIV. Treatment with HAART may allow some patients with AIDS-related lymphoma to safely receive anticancer drugs in standard or higher doses. In these patients, treatment may work as well as it does in lymphoma patients who do not have AIDS. Medicine to prevent and treat infections, which can be serious, is also used.
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For more information about AIDS and its treatment, see the AIDSinfo website.
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