Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Episode 508) of Second Opinion:

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"It's one of the fastest rising cancers in the United States.¹ It's the sixth most common cancer among males,² the fifth most common cancer among females² and accounts for about 6 percent of childhood cancers.³   In 2008, over 66,000 Americans will be diagnosed with it, and over 19,000 will die from it.⁴ It claimed the lives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and King Hussein of Jordan.  It's non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Like all cancers, lymphoma causes cells to abnormally reproduce, eventually causing tumors to grow.  There are both similarities and differences between the two main categories of lymphoma – Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)." ....[Read more - click on the link above ]


¹ National Cancer Institute SEER Cancer Statistics Review
² Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD and William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR, MedicineNet.com
³ Nemours Foundation, Jacksonville, FL
⁴ The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society


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