My husband has just been diagnosed with non Hodgkin lymphoma in his bone marrow. He is on sit and wait and will be monitored every 3 months. Is it usual for it to just be in his bone marrow?
There are different types of NHL. I am guessing that whichever type your husband has is an indolent (slow growing) one, but because it has spread to the bone marrow, it is classed as stage 4 or advanced disease. So in stage 4 NHL, the disease has spread, but you can have stage 4 disease without having bone marrow involvement.
I don't have any figures just for stage 4 with bone marrow involvement, but I can tell you that it is usual for NHL to be diagnosed when it is stage 4 for whatever reason.
I hope this tells you what you want to know.
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Hi many thanks for getting back to me. The consultant told us that it was only in my husbands bone marrow and we are very confused as everything that i have read up on says that it can spread to the bone marrow, but we havnt been told that it is anywhere else. Will phone them tomorrow.
