Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: becomes more common, more treatable. (includes related article that examines the increased prevalence of the disease)

From: FDA Consumer | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: Patlak, Margie | Copyright information

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the name given to different immune system cancers that arise in the lymphocytes and can spread rapidly through the body. The number of cases and deaths has steadily risen since 1973, and some believe hair dyes and pesticides are responsible for the rise.

Mary Relles of Philadelphia never neard of non-Hodgkins lymphoma until her father was diagnosed with it in 1990. Since then, three of her friends--and Relles herself, 49--have developed this relatively un...

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