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Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1984, which relapsed in 1996, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2004. Treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, rituximab and autologous stem cell transplant. In remission.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 24 >> Her doctors didn't explain properly how much her tumours had shrunk with each treatment, causing her unnecessary anxiety.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (high grade) >> Interview 42 >> Stayed in hospital overnight for her first dose of CHOP chemotherapy so her reaction to the drugs could be monitored.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was diagnosed in 2001 after persistent itching and a cough. The tumour responded poorly to treatment and it took several chemotherapies, a stem cell transplant and radiotherapy to achieve remission.

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