From the WHP annual calendar · Wednesday, September 15, 2027
World Lymphoma Day
Awareness day organized by the German Leukemia & Lymphoma Aid to educate about lymphatic cancer.
Idea to get started
Info post on warning symptoms (swollen lymph nodes, night sweats) and the importance of early diagnosis.
Did you know?
- 5-year survival in the early 1980s
- 70%
- 5-year survival after 2000
- 90–95%
The outlook for Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of lymphatic cancer, has improved a lot: in the early 1980s, the relative five-year survival rate in Germany was about 70%; after 2000 it was 90 to 95%.
Source: RKI, Zentrum für Krebsregisterdaten, Prävalenzbroschüre: Morbus Hodgkin (C81)
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