B symptoms
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The B symptoms (a.k.a. inflammatory symptoms) are a triad of systemic symptoms associated with more advanced disease and a poorer outcome in lymphoma 1,2:
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weight loss
- >10% unintentional decrease in body weight in the 6 months preceding the diagnosis
- fever: >38°C
- night sweats
*some references state >5% 1
B symptoms are a poor prognostic factor in lymphoma (both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas). For this reason, if there are B symptoms, then the tumour is upstaged under the Lugano classification system. The presence of B symptoms correlates well with an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines in body fluids 1.
-</ul><p>*some references state >5% <sup>1</sup></p><p>B symptoms are a poor prognostic factor in lymphoma (both <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin</a> and <a href="/articles/non-hodgkin-lymphoma">non-Hodgkin</a> lymphomas). For this reason, if there are B symptoms, then the tumour is upstaged under the <a title="Lugano classification" href="/articles/lugano-classification-1">Lugano classification system</a>. The presence of B symptoms correlates well with an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines in body fluids <sup>1</sup>.</p>- +</ul><p>*some references state >5% <sup>1</sup></p><p>B symptoms are a poor prognostic factor in lymphoma (both <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin</a> and <a href="/articles/non-hodgkin-lymphoma">non-Hodgkin</a> lymphomas). For this reason, if there are B symptoms, then the tumour is upstaged under the <a href="/articles/lugano-classification-1">Lugano classification system</a>. The presence of B symptoms correlates well with an elevated level of inflammatory cytokines in body fluids <sup>1</sup>.</p>