Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk

Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by killjoywashere on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:03AM (#37700227)

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

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by kuerbel on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:37AM (#37700451)

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).

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by ricardo81 on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:13AM (#37700730)

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.

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by yread on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:24AM (#37700364)

Specifically

Prognostic factors

- Median overall survival of > 15 years

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