A 34-year-old male asked:
My father (age 65) is diagnosed with non hodgkin's lymphoma of t cell origin..doctors said its 2nd stage. is it curable ?
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Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Not likely curable: But it is often quite treatable, and new drugs are being released quite often. Most persons his age will die with this lymphoma rather than of it.
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