Patient's question:
I noticed a lump on my neck, but didn't feel any pain. Later, when the lump decreased in size, I started feeling pain, and sometimes I would experience dizziness, sore throat, and pain. I went to the hospital for a thorough examination, and the examination revealed it was non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Is non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer?Doctor's answer:
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is actually cancer, which is a malignant tumor originating from the blood system. Those that originate from epithelial cells are called cancer, while those that originate from the blood system are called lymphoma, also known as lymph cancer. Most patients with this disease cannot be cured under current medical conditions, so treatment primarily involves chemotherapy and radiotherapy. These methods can also be combined with traditional Chinese and Western medicine, or targeted drug therapy, to prolong life.