# OnCo record lymphoma-decision-watch-and-wait (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/lymphoma-decision-watch-and-wait/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "lymphoma-decision-watch-and-wait" ;
  schema:name "Watch and wait in follicular lymphoma: being told you have cancer and that nobody will treat it"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Active monitoring follicular lymphoma"@en, "Deferred treatment follicular lymphoma"@en, "Watchful waiting lymphoma"@en ;
  schema:description "For a slow-growing lymphoma that is not causing problems, treating straight away has not been shown to help people live longer, so the usual plan is regular checks and treatment later. It is the hardest thing in lymphoma to be told, and the evidence behind it is good."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphoma-decision-watch-and-wait/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-01"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/information-and-support/lymphoma-treatment/active-monitoring-watch-and-wait>, <https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/information-and-support/types-lymphoma/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/follicular-lymphoma>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70027-0>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/treatment/>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/lymphoma/non-hodgkin-lymphoma>, <https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/information-and-support/support-you/helpline-services> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/follicular-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/marginal-zone-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/splenic-marginal-zone-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/nodal-marginal-zone-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/malt-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/waldenstrom/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/nodular-lymphocyte-predominant-hodgkin-lymphoma/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/psycho-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/peer-support-groups/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/watchful-waiting/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphoma-tx-watch-and-wait/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/flipi/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphoma-living-indolent-lymphoma/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphoma-living-scanxiety-and-surveillance/> .