Treatment

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma treatment depends on the specific type of lymphoma that you have.

Treatment options may include:

• Surgery to remove the cancer. If you have one or only a few areas of cutaneous lymphoma, your doctor may recommend a procedure to remove the cancer and some of the healthy tissue that surrounds it. Surgery may be your only treatment or your doctor may recommend additional treatments.
• Radiation therapy. Radiation therapy uses powerful energy beams, such as X-rays and protons, to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can be used alone to treat cutaneous lymphoma, or it may be used after surgery to kill any cancer cells that remain.
• Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy medications can be injected into the tumor through the skin to treat cutaneous lymphoma. For more advanced cutaneous lymphomas, you may receive chemotherapy as an infusion into a vein. Chemotherapy may be an option if your cutaneous lymphoma is aggressive or advanced.