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Diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 2002 after finding a lump on her neck. Chemotherapy damaged her lungs but also put her in remission. She has just completed chemotherapy and radiotherapy for a recurrence.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Hodgkin's Lymphoma >> Interview 12 >> Her 9-year-old thought that she wouldn't be able to collect him from school without hair; a younger child said it didn't matter.

Diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1998 after losing weight and finding a lump in her neck. Treatment was chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy to her chest, which put her into remission.

Cancer >> Lymphoma >> Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (high grade) >> Interview 32 >> His daughter was OK about his illness until she learned that cancer could kill, after which he could do no wrong in her eyes and she vented her feelin

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed in 1996 after developing swellings in his neck and face. Treatment: chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a stem cell autograph. Two recurrences. Treatment included an allogenic bone marrow 'mini transplant'.

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