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Paul Allen Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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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

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.

De Gutibus non disputandum est

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.

De Gutibus non disputandum est

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

Le sigh

Paul Allen is the coolest dork this side of the Rio Grande. Get well Big A.

by DJ C-Raig on Nov 16, 2009 10:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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