Lymphoma occurs when cancer cells form in your body's lymph system, which is part of your immune system. It is made up of your lymph nodes, lymph vessels, bone marrow, tonsils, spleen and thymus. Cells called lymphocytes travel around your...
Lymphoma that starts in the brain or spinal cord is called central nervous system lymphoma, or CNS lymphoma, according to the American Cancer Society. The National Brain Tumor Society estimates that this kind of cancer makes up 3 percent of all...
Brain lymphoma--also referred to as primary lymphoma of the brain or primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma--is a type of cancer that occurs when abnormal lymph cells begin to grown within the brain tissue. This form of cancer most commonly...
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) used to be a rare form of cancer found mainly in men of Mediterranean or Jewish descent. This changed with the rise in HIV incidence. Now, doctors distinguish the rarer, classic KS from the epidemic KS that affects AIDS...
