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Blood cell counts and infection risk

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• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Interview 48 >> A doctor explains how lymphomas occur and that having an immune condition such as rheumatoid arthritis leads to a small increased risk of developing l

Professor David Linch explains what lymphoma is.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 21 >> Was angry at having relapsed and wondered whether he could have been given stronger treatment the first time around that would have better prevented a

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1988 after night sweats and a lump in his neck, treated with radiotherapy. Recurrence treated with chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. In remission.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 13 >> Explains why chemotherapy causes tingling in his toes and why he is willing to put up with it.

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 2005 after finding lumps in his neck and having repeated episodes of fever. Had completed nine of twelve cycles of chemotherapy.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 23 >> Didn't like his doctor calling his high dose therapy 'salvage chemotherapy' and explains why he received lower dose chemotherapy before his allogenic

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1992 after finding a lump in his armpit. Treated with surgery and radiotherapy. Recurrence treated with chemotherapy and autologous and allogenic stem cell transplants. In remission.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 13 >> Felt relieved to learn that the best treatments for most lymphomas are now known, so there was no need to debate how to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 2005 after finding lumps in his neck and having repeated episodes of fever. Had completed nine of twelve cycles of chemotherapy.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (low grade) >> Interview 16 >> Has been offered an experimental cord blood transplant, which might gain him a long remission, but his chance of surviving the procedure is only one i

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed in 1997 after finding a lump in his neck. 'Watch and wait' policy adopted. Later treated with various chemotherapies, a stem cell transplant, and a radiolabelled monoclonal antibody. Now offered a cord blood transplant.

• Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (low grade) >> Interview 11 >> Felt no need to join a support group because he trusted his doctors and felt sure he would survive.

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.