CancerCompass message board discussion started by skg71 on 8/21/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,15499,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My mother is going through treatment for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She will be going through Surgery to remove the tumor from her Intesting (Jejunum area). I am exploring options for Chemo that has to be given after that. We are going through treatment in India as my mom lives here. Here the Insurance covers only upto some amount. Now the Doc has told us about either doing CHOP or going with R-CHOP. The only thing is Rituxin (which is available from Roche here) is sold at International prices, which is about $2000 per dose and is not covered under her insurance. The question is, if someone goes through Surgery ( which removes all of the tumor ), then is R-CHOP helpful compared to CHOP? skg71 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT NHL is moe of a systemic disease, so surgery is unlikely to be cureative.  There are proven survival advantages for RCHOP compared to CHOP.  The 2 year OS difference is about 15% better for RCHOP.  Oncrx Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT