If that is the case, one possibility is lymphoma – a cancer of the immune or lymphatic system , explains haematologist Dr Mohd Haris Fadzillah Abdul Rahman.
Lymphoma is the fourth most common form of cancer in Malaysia, after breast, colon and lung cancers. There are some 5,800 cases per year, or 5.1% of total cancers in the country. ‘Seek treatment early. There is a big difference between early and late stage lymphoma,” says Dr haematologist Dr Mohd Haris Fadzillah Abdul Rahman.
However, the five-year survival rate for some forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can be as low as 57% after it has spread. Dr Haris assures that one major past side effect of chemotherapy – nausea and inability to eat food – can usually be prevented with medicine nowadays.
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