The no-name cancer
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may not have much name recognition, but it's common and — the good news — often treatable, if not curable.
More confusion awaits anyone first learning about the disease, a group that includes many newly diagnosed patients — and their loved ones — attempting an Internet-aided scramble up a steep learning curve. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma comes in more than two dozen different types. Treatment and prognosis vary greatly by type. The names alone are daunting: diffuse large B cell lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.
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