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Diagnosed with Mantle Cell non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2000 after a tonsillectomy. After initial chemotherapy locally, he was referred to London for high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (low grade) >> Interview 18 >> Needed regular reassurance that he didn't need treatment and could forget about his illness by keeping busy between appointments with his specialist.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed in 1998 after shoulder pain and finding a lump. Two years of watchful waiting then three bouts of drug treatment, with short remissions in between. Now in longer remission after receiving radiolabelled monoclonal antibody.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (low grade) >> Interview 34 >> Sometimes worries about her illness but reassures herself that it is being dealt with; having initially put her life on hold, she later realised it wa

Follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was diagnosed in 2005 after she took action on a lump she had had for many years. She has not been treated but is being monitored.

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