for the curious, "follicular lymphoma" is what you want to search for. Fairly pithy site to get started: https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphomafollicularno...

My mother had it. It can be managed really well and also completely heal (in the context of cancer, which means a really low 5 year recurrence rate).

Yes, indeed. My father had it in '06 and lived for 16 years more (a different kind of cancer ultimately got him). After receiving a stem cell transplant in '09 he was cancer free for over a decade. The marvels of modern medicine.

Specifically

Prognostic factors

- Median overall survival of > 15 years

I am almost recovered from slow-growing lymphoma myself. (not sure if the same subgroup, but both are B-cell lymphoma) I had my last doctor's appointment about it earlier today, in fact.

The problem is that it is chronic. It can reoccur. And it can mutate into malign lymphoma. But some people go twenty or more years without it reoccurring.

BTW. I got Covid-19 while having lymphoma. I recovered from that normally. But if I had also been under chemo, it would have been a different matter.