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Lymphoma Research Paper

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Every nine minutes, someone in the US dies from a blood cancer, this statistic represents nearly 155 people each day or more than six people every hour.(The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). Lymphoma is cancer that begins in cells of the lymph system, the lymph system is part of the immune system that helps the body fight infection and disease, but because of breakthrough research, this once fatal diagnosis has been transformed into a curable condition(webMD). When you have lymphoma, lymphocytes change and grow out of control. Each type of lymphoma grows at a different rate and responds differently to treatment.There are two types of lymphoma which are Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin’s: most people with lymphoma have this cancer(

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