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Kemal is
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On July 4, 2014, I noticed a large lump on the side of my neck. When it didn't go away after a couple of weeks, I went to see my doctor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and had a biopsy done. It was non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

After admitting myself into the hospital for a week of chemo, I was allowed to go home and rest for three weeks only to go back and check in again for another week. We did that six times for a total of 700 hours of chemo. Thanks to a great staff at UIC with the help of Dr David Peace, I am cancer free today, one year later. You can beat it too!

Kemal

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor

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Laurie

stage 4 diffuse B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (DLBCL)

Carlos

stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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Lisa

Lymphoma survivor

Steve

NHL Survivor

Tricia

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL)

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Varad

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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Felicia

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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Allison

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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Marko

anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)

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Jessica

nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL)

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Steven

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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Susanne

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)

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