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A cancer of the lymphatic system, where lymphocytes grow uncontrollably and often form tumors in the lymph nodes.
means A cancer of the lymphatic system, where white blood cells called lymphocytes grow out of control and form tumors, usually in lymph nodes.
from Built from 'lymph' — the clear fluid that travels your lymphatic vessels, from Latin 'lympha' meaning clear water or goddess of water — plus the medical suffix '-oma,' Greek for tumor or swelling. So literally, 'swelling of the lymph system': a plain, clinical label for a disease that turns the body's own drainage and defense network into the tumor's transit system.
- origin
- starts in lymphocytes, the white blood cells meant to fight disease
- two families
- Hodgkin has a distinctive giant cell, non-Hodgkin doesn't
- telltale sign
- painless swollen lymph nodes, often in neck or armpit
- outlook
- one of the most treatable cancers, especially caught early