Second Opinion TV Show-Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
September
30
Thursday
2010
Second Opinion TV Show-Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
| Event Date: |
Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| Event Time: |
3:30AM |
| Event Location: |
WXXI-TV/HD (Digital 21.1/Cable 11 & 1011) |
Please note this is an archived calendar event.
It's one of the fastest rising cancers in the United States.1 It's the sixth most common cancer among males,2 the fifth most common cancer among females2 and accounts for about 6 percent of childhood cancers.3 In 2008, over 66,000 Americans will be diagnosed with it, and over 19,000 will die from it.4 It claimed the lives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and King Hussein of Jordan. It's non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Like all cancers, lymphoma causes cells to abnormally reproduce, eventually causing tumors to grow. There are both similarities and differences between the two main categories of lymphoma - Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Both originate in a type of white blood cell known as a lymphocyte, which is found within the lymph nodes or lymphoid tissue within other organs. But, they grow and spread in different ways, and the treatments that work best are different for each. Doctors distinguish between them by looking for one type of cell (the Reed Sternberg cell) that's found only in Hodgkin lymphoma.
Submitted by: RH Administrator, Rochester Health
Category:
Health Education, Seminars & Training, Cancer-related
Calendar Id: 0000001133
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