Finding new ways to treat lymphoma
In this project, Dr Hodson is looking for new ways to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The challenge
People who are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma often receive a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy to try and treat their blood cancer. However, this treatment can cause serious and sometimes long-term side effects for people, and this is because the treatment affects all of the cells in our body, not just the cancerous ones.
The project
In this project, Dr Hodson and his team want to find new ways to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma. They want to find specific targets on the cancer cells that treatment could be aimed at. This would mean treatment could be directed at cancer cells rather than affecting cells elsewhere in the body.
The future
In this project, Dr Hodson and his team want to find new ways to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma. They want to find specific targets on the cancer cells that treatment could be aimed at. This would mean treatment could be directed at cancer cells rather than affecting cells elsewhere in the body.
What our community think
“The possibility of being able to design new targeted drugs for lymphoma that are more effective and less toxic than existing chemotherapy approaches, will directly benefit patients suffering with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.”
- Patient Voice Grant Advisory Network Member, in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma