Cancer is an ailment that will affect everyone, either directly or indirectly throughout the course of their lives. You have a 1 in 3 chance of getting cancer in the United Kingdom and the risk is increasing due to our lifestyles. Lymphoma is a cancer of the Lymph nodes that affects the immune cells of the nodes. The cancer creates a solid tumor which restricts the flow of blood to the region. The symptoms for the cancer include anorexia, fatigue and fevers and can be very disruptive to the life of the sufferer. If you spot more than one of these symptoms occurring at any one time then it is advisable to go and speak with a doctor and have a few tests run.

The cancer has usually been treated using chemotherapy yet this is becoming seen as a somewhat archaic method of killing the cancer and runs the risk of irradiating further cells. The process has also not got a 100% success rate, which means that the cancer may come back. Once you have had Lymphoma you are unlikely to get your Lymph nodes back to full efficiency and may consider a transplant, although as with any transplant there is a risk of rejection. However, stem cell research is showing some promising signs in this field. By bathing the treated organ in these cells you find that it is able to regenerate itself back to full working order; something that was previously unattainable. Although controversial the therapy is likely to become common practice over the next decade.