>> HELPING YOU LIVE HEALTHY THIS WEEK, JANE FONDA ANNOUNCED THAT SHE HAS BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH NON-HODGKIN’S
LYMPHOMA AND HAS STARTED
CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS IN A
POST SOCIAL MEDIA. THE ACTRESS
WROTE THIS IS A VERY TREATABLE
CANCER. 80% OF PEOPLE SURVIVE.
SO I FEEL VERY LUCKY. SHE WENT
ON TO SAY WE ALSO NEED TO BE
TALKING MUCH MORE, NOT JUST
ABOUT CHORES, BUT ABOUT CAUSES
TO WEAKEN AND ELIMINATE THEM.
NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMA, LYMPHOMA
IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
CANCERS IN THE UNITED STATES
ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 4% OF ALL
CANCERS. THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY ESTIMATES MORE THAN
80,000 PEOPLE WILL BE
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THIS
YEAR. WELL, JOINING US NOW TO
TALK ABOUT NHL IS DOCTOR SCOT
ACKERMAN WITH THE ACKERMAN
CANCER CENTER. WELCOME. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME. SO CAN YOU JUST
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IS NOT
HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA AND HOW IS
IT DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE
OTHER CANCERS? SURE.
NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA IS ALSO A
LEADING LA FAMA.
>> AND IT’S A DISEASE. THE
MALIGNANCY OF THE LYMPH NODES
LYMPHOMA AND LYMPH NODES AND
USUALLY BEGINS IN A LYMPH NODE
LYMPH NODES AND LARGE AND IT
COULD BE LOCALIZED TO ONE
AREA. IT CAN SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE BODY TO THE LYMPH NOSE.
CAN SPREAD TO THE BONE MARROW
AND ORGANS.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT JANE FONDA
SAID THAT ABOUT 80% OF PEOPLE
SURVIVE IT. BUT I THINK FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE WE KNOW JANE
FONDA HAS RUBIK’S QUEEN. SHE’S
THE A BIG FITNESS ADVOCATE.
HOW COULD SOMEONE LIKE HER,
THE AVERAGE PERSON TO BE
DIAGNOSED?
>> WELL, ANYONE CAN BE
DIAGNOSED WITH THE LELAND A
LEGAL AND IS A VERY IS A WIDE
SPECTRUM OF DISEASE WITHIN
MILLION SHE’S VERY LUCKY TO
HAVE ONE THAT HAS A HIGHLY
CURABLE, A HIGH CURE RATE. 80%
SHE SAID BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE
SUBTYPES OF LYMPHOMA ON SO
CURABLE, SOME GREAT REST OF
ONES. BUT AS YOU GET IT, YOU
KNOW, WE DON’T KNOW. WE DO
THAT. WE SEE SOMETIMES IN
FAMILIES THERE COULD BE A
PREPONDERANCE OF LYMPHOMA IN
FAMILIES. WE DO SEE SOMETIMES
WE KNOW THAT SOME CHEMICALS.
ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS AND
INCREASE YOUR RISK MAINLY
LYMPHOMA. BUT A LOT MORE WE
NEED TO. WE CAN LEARN ABOUT
IT. TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE
ETIOLOGY, WHAT CAUSES
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
SYMPTOMS OF IT? SO TYPICALLY
IT PRESENTS WITH THE ENLARGED
LYMPH NODE IN THE NECK WITH A
GROWING, YOU FEEL A LITTLE OF
LARGE AND THAT’S WHAT BRINGS
MOST PATIENTS AS WAS ICY TO
THE DOCTOR WITH THESE LYMPH
NODES THAT ARE LARGE. THEY’VE
BEEN SEEING IT EVALUATED AND
WORKED UP. BUT WE DO A BIOPSY.
WE FIND OUT THAT SOME FOAM,
BUT IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO
BEGIN THAT WAY. THERE’S
SOMETHING BIG IN THE IN THE
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. AND SO
IT COULD BEGIN WITH WITH A
POOR APPETITE FOR CHANGE. IN
BOWEL HABITS, A WEIGHT LOSS IS
A PRICKLY ASSOCIATE OF THE
FOAM. AND THERE’S THESE THINGS
CALLED BE SYMPTOMS THAT WE SEE
WHAT LYMPHOMAS AND THESE ARE
SYMPTOMS OF WEIGHT LOSS. NIGHT
SWEATS AND FEVER.
>> OK, SO HOW IS IT TREATED?
>> SO MILLER, THE PHONE WAS
TREATED. I USUALLY DO. A
BIOPSY SAYS IS ALWAYS A
SURGICAL PROCEDURE WITH ANY
KIND OF CANCER. BUT IT’S NOT
TREATED SURGICALLY. IT’S ROLE
FOR SURGERY. REALLY IS JUST A
BIOPSY, LYMPHOMA. IT SHOULD
EITHER WITH EITHER WITH
CHEMOTHERAPY OR RATION THERAPY
OR A COMBINATION OF THE 2.
>> AND IS THERE ANY WAY AT ALL
THAT PEOPLE CAN PREVENT THIS
FROM HAPPENING?
>> OH, GOSH, THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION. WE DON’T KNOW ENOUGH
ABOUT THE IDEOLOGY WILL CAUSE
AND FOMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT IT
FROM HAPPENING. BUT I GUESS
AVOIDING CERTAIN CHEMICALS AND
CARCINOGENS THAT WE KNOW
ORLEANS FOAM CAN CAN HELP
MINIMIZE YOUR RISK OF
LYMPHOMA. BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT. YOU
CAN DO.
>> SO WHAT CAN WE DO, YOU
KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY TO START,
YOU KNOW, BECOMING MORE
EDUCATED ABOUT LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THEIR
BODIES AWARE OF WHAT THAT
WHAT’S NORMAL FOR THEM AND THE
SEA OF WHEN IT WE’RE SYMPTOM.
THAT’S THAT’S DIFFERENT
BECAUSE LYMPHOMA, LIKE ANY
OTHER CANCER IS BEST TREATED
MORE EASILY TREATED WHEN
CAUGHT EARLY. SO IF YOU HAVE
SOME AMOUNT OF WEIGHT LOSS OR
NIGHT SWEATS OR FEVERS OR FEEL
A LUMP BEFORE THAT LUMP GETS
LARGER. UNEASY AND LIMBS. YOUR
BODY SEE YOUR PHYSICIAN AND
THEN EVALUATED BECAUSE IT
COULD BE WORTH UP AND CURED