Rebecca Perl's Journey with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Rebecca Perl of Maryland state was diagnosed as non - Hodgkin 's lymphoma in 1995. Rebecca has a son of 2 years old, a health science journalist. Her body did not respond to radiation therapy and chemotherapy over the past 6 months. Rebecca and her husband Tom travel to Omaha, Nebraska. At the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Rebecca will undergo bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy (Perl, 1995). Rebecca and Tom visited Omaha, and when they arrived at the hospital medical staff began testing and blood testing.

Lymphomas are classified into two types, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Approximately 12% of lymphoma patients suffer from Hodgkin's lymphoma. This fatal diagnosis has turned into a disease that can be treated by innovative research. Most non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are B-cell lymphomas that are either rapidly proliferating (progression) or slowly proliferating (low level). There are more than 12 types of B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The rest are T-cell lymphomas named after different cancerous leukocytes or lymphocytes.

Large cells or diffuse histiocytes are non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Large or non-Hodgkin large cells or diffuse histiocytes are involved in B cells or T cells, accounting for about 25% of cases. Children with this type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma often have invasion into the lymphatic system and invasion into non-lymphoid structures such as the lung, jaw, skin, and bone. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a large cell lymphoma of children. Large cell lymphoma usually does not proliferate faster than other lymphomas in children

Lymphoma is a cancer that infects the lymphatic system. In the case of lymphoma, the lymphatic system has proliferating cells and it will not stop. There are two types of lymphoma, Hodgkin and Non Hodgkin. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is called lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma is called Hodgkin's disease. Hodgkin's disease is different from non-Hodgkin's disease in that Hodgkin's disease has Reed-Sternberg cells in the area where cancer is infected. Hodgkin's disease mainly occurs in people over the age of 15 to 40. Non-Hodgkin type cancer is more common than Hodgkin's disease. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a group of more than 29 types of lymphoma. They are aggressively or rapidly proliferating by the National Cancer Institute or are classified as inactive and slow growing. (Lymphoma information network)