Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of imaging scan that doctors might use when diagnosing and treating non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It can be useful for identifying and staging the cancer.

There are two types of lymphomas: Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's, based on the kind of white blood cell they affect. Follicular lymphoma is a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that affects white blood cells called ...

A cancer grade measures how quickly a cancer is predicted to progress. Doctors typically divide follicular lymphoma into grades 1 to 3 depending on how the cancer cells look under a microscope. The ...

Follicular lymphoma -- typically a slow-growing or indolent form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises from B lymphocytes -- accounts for 20% to 30% of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases. The indolent ...