Starchild Abraham Cherrix, a teenager whose refusal to undergo further conventional treatment after relapsing in 2006 resulted in a court battle and a change to Virginia laws about medical neglect. James Conner, running back and 2014 ACC Player of the Year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Michael Cuccione, Canadian child actor, was diagnosed in 1994 at age 9. Treatments that rendered him cancer-free, including chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and radiation, left him with permanent lung and respiratory problems and he died in 2001 just after turning 16. Victoria Duval, American tennis player, was diagnosed in 2014. Gerald Finzi, British composer, was diagnosed in 1951 and died in 1956. Mist Edvardsdóttir, Icelandic football player and member of the Icelandic womens national team. Diagnosed in June 2014 at the age of 23. Continued to play until becoming too ill due to chemotherapy. Made recovery in early 2015. Delta Goodrem, Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was diagnosed in July 2003 at the age of 18. Jiří Grossmann, Czechoslovak theatre actor, poet, and composer
Michael C. Hall (born February 1, 1971), American actor, best known for his lead role as Dexter Morgan, in Showtimes crime series Dexter. In 2010, aged 38, Hall announced he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma; within two years, the disease was in full remission. Richard Harris, Irish actor who portrayed Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies, died on October 25, 2002, after being diagnosed earlier that year.
In the past, a lymphangiogram or surgical laparotomy (which involves opening the abdominal cavity and visually inspecting for tumors) were performed. Lymphangiograms or laparotomies are very rarely performed, having been supplanted by improvements in imaging with the CT scan and PET scan.On the basis of this staging, the person will be classified according to a staging classification (the Ann Arbor staging classification scheme is a common one):
Stage I is involvement of a single lymph node region (I) (mostly the cervical region) or single extralymphatic site (Ie);
Stage II is involvement of two or more lymph node regions on the same side of the diaphragm (II) or of one lymph node region and a contiguous extralymphatic site (IIe);
Stage III is involvement of lymph node regions on both sides of the diaphragm, which may include the spleen (IIIs) or limited contiguous extralymphatic organ or site (IIIe, IIIes);
Stage IV is disseminated involvement of one or more extralymphatic organs.The absence of systemic symptoms is signified by adding "A" to the stage; the presence of systemic symptoms is signified by adding "B" to the stage. For localised extranodal extension from mass of nodes that does not advance the stage, subscript "E" is added. Splenic involvement is signified by adding "S" to the stage. The inclusion of "bulky disease" is signified by "X". Pathology
MacroscopyAffected lymph nodes (most often, laterocervical lymph nodes) are enlarged, but their shape is preserved because the capsule is not invaded. Usually, the cut surface is white-grey and uniform; in some histological subtypes (e.g.