Update on Brother

The doctors have finished their tests and have discovered my brother does indeed have lymphoma, Hopkins' lymphoma to be exact. Anyone with this type of cancer has nearly a 100% chance of survival, especially for brother since he is only in stage one or two. He will be starting chemo and hopefully be getting better soon.

This is what Wikipedia has to say about the disease:

Hodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a cancerwhite blood cells called lymphocytes. It was named after Thomas Hodgkin, who first described abnormalities in the lymph system in 1832.^[1][2] Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized by the orderly spread of disease from one lymph node group to another and by the development of systemic symptoms with advanced disease. When Hodgkins cells are examined microscopically, multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells (RS cells) are the characteristic histopathologic finding. Hodgkin's lymphoma may be treated with radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the choice of treatment depending on the age and sex of the patient and the stage, bulk and histological subtype of the disease. originating from

The disease occurrence shows two peaks: the first in young adulthood (age 15–35) and the second in those over 55 years old.^[3]

The 10-year overall survival rate is more than 90% for any stages, early stage may help more (stage I or II) Hodgkin's lymphoma. Since many patients are young, they often live 40 years or more after treatment. However, few studies follow patients as long as 25 years, and those studies are of older treatments with more life-threatening adverse effects, so it is impossible to predict long-term outcomes of newer, less harmful treatments. Radiation treatments, and some chemotherapy drugs, pose a risk of causing potentially fatal secondary cancers, heart disease, and lung disease 40 or more years later. Modern treatments greatly minimize the chances of these late effects