The 5-year relative survival rate for NHL was 74% from 2008 to 2014. This means that people diagnosed with NHL are about 74% as likely as those ...MedicalReferenceFeaturesSlideshows&ImagesNewsArchiveLeukemia&LymphomaHomeNewsReferenceSlideshowsQuestions&AnswersMedicationsFindanOncologistOverview&FactsRisks&PreventionSymptoms&SignsCancerTypesDiagnosis&TestsYourCancerCareTeamCancerTreatmentCutting-EdgeTreatmentsLiving&ManagingRemission&RecurrenceSupport&ResourcesAllGuideTopicsLymphomaHodgkin'sLymphomaNon-Hodgkin'sLymphomaLeukemiaChildhoodLeukemiaPolycythemiaVeraChronicMyeloidLeukemiaMyelodysplasticSyndromeAcuteLymphoblasticLeukemiaRelatedtoLeukemia&LymphomaBook:TakeControlofYourCancerRiskChronicLymphocyticLeukemiaMultipleMyelomaRadiationTherapyChemotherapyFindaHematologistCancerHealthCenterCancerA-ZGuideCancerLeukemia&LymphomaReferenceInthisArticleInthisArticleInthisArticleNHLStagesUnderstandYourPrognosisWhatAretheSurvivalRatesforNHL?TreatmentsbyNHLStageWhenyou’rediagnosedwithnon-Hodgkin’slymphoma(NHL),thenextstepistofindoutthestageofyourcancer.Thattellsyouhowmuchlymphomaisinyourbody,whereitis,andifithasspreadoutsideyourlymphsystem,thenetworkthatcarriesimmunecellsthroughoutyourbody.Yourdoctorusesthatinformationtodecidethebesttreatmentplanforyou.Itmightalsohelppredicttheoutlookforyourcondition,alsocalledtheprognosis.Thougheveryone’sNHLisdifferent,knowingyourstagecanhelpyouunderstandwhattoexpectafteryourdiagnosis.NHLStagesTodescribeyourcancerstage,doctorsoftenuseanumber--itcouldbeRomannumeralsI,II,III,orIV.StageImeanstheleastamountofcancer.StageIVisthemostadvanced.Youmayseean“E”afterstagesI,II,orIII--thatstandsforextranodal.Itmeansthelymphomaisinoneareaoutsideyourlymphsystem.StageImeansthelymphomaisinonelymphnode,inagroupofnodesthatareclosetoeachother,orinanorganthathaslymphoidtissue,suchasthetonsils.InstageIE,thecancerisinoneareaoutsideyourlymphsystem.StageIIiswhenthecancerisintwoormoregroupsoflymphnodeseitheraboveorbelowyourdiaphragm,thethinsheetofmusclebelowyourhearta