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0 pointskilljoywashere2y ago0 comments

for the curious, "follicular lymphoma" is what you want to search for. Fairly pithy site to get started: https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphomafollicularno...

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kuerbel2y ago

My mother had it. It can be managed really well and also completely heal (in the context of cancer, which means a really low 5 year recurrence rate).

ricardo812y ago

Yes, indeed. My father had it in '06 and lived for 16 years more (a different kind of cancer ultimately got him). After receiving a stem cell transplant in '09 he was cancer free for over a decade. The marvels of modern medicine.

yread2y ago

Specifically

Prognostic factors

- Median overall survival of > 15 years

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