Paul Allen Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

by Matthew on Nov 16, 2009 4:56 PM PST Comment 8 comments

Not the greatest of sources, but there you go. ~~I hope this is misinformed.~~ CONFIRMATION LINK

Allen beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in 1983 with the help of chemo and a marrow transplant. Here's hoping he can do it again. I'm not well versed in the differences but I do know that Hodgkin's is one of the most curable forms of cancer. Non-Hodgkin's is a little worse as far as I can tell, but still beatable. Hopefully it was detected early.

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Tough when you beat something once and it comes back years later.

Here’s get well wishes for Paul.

I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.

by Hopefulmsfan on Nov 16, 2009 5:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Shoot.

Get well, Mr. Allen.

by John Morgan on Nov 16, 2009 5:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Best wishes to Allen and his family

by Nate Dogg on Nov 16, 2009 6:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Our thoughts will be with him. Get well soon.

by Dedalusson on Nov 16, 2009 6:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

People with his resources dont really have so much to fear from lymphoid tumors unless its late in the game

and it’s metastacised. He’ll almost certainly be fine.

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by Bearskin Rugburn on Nov 16, 2009 8:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Has roughly a 50% survival rate….unrelated to one’s earnings. There are many different types, that behave completely differently (High grade vs low grade = aggressive vs slow) .

Metastasis is a concept that is not relevant in lymphomas of this type, they are almost all considered generalized and local NHL is unusual. His previous exposure to chemo (and a marrow transplant) only complicates things. This is a very serious diagnosis. Mr. Allen is arguably the most important seahawk of all time, and we might very well not be posting here if not for him. Get well .

by Hawqz on Nov 16, 2009 9:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Allen's resources buy his way into treatments that are not yet widely available.

One such treatment involves complete repopulation of the entire hematopoetic system from self-HSCs which eradicates essentially every dividing cell in the blood/lymph and replaces them with a freshly differentiated set. This treatment has been used in research hospitals and ~75% of patients with the most aggressive forms of NHL have no recurrence and no significant after effects. That’s just the most aggressive form.

Its a serious disease, but there have been some major, major advances in the field. There’s no such thing as a cure for cancer, but there are more and more treatments for it.

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by Bearskin Rugburn on Nov 17, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs