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To: LADY J
"Thompson is very likely to require heavy duty treatment, with debilitating side effects, at some point between January 2009 and December 2012."

No he's not. Marginal-zone B-cell lymphoma is treated with Rituxan, which uses antibodies, not chemotherapy or radiation—it's almost a cancer vaccine. Rituxan is "heavy duty" when it comes to killing cancer cells, but it's not at all debilitating. More like having a mild flu for a day once a week for a month or two. He won't even have to hand over the football to VP Steele.

121 posted on 09/13/2007 10:10:23 PM PDT by Fabozz
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To: Fabozz
"Thompson is very likely to require heavy duty treatment, with debilitating side effects, at some point between January 2009 and December 2012."

No he's not. Marginal-zone B-cell lymphoma is treated with Rituxan, which uses antibodies, not chemotherapy or radiation—it's almost a cancer vaccine. Rituxan is "heavy duty" when it comes to killing cancer cells, but it's not at all debilitating. More like having a mild flu for a day once a week for a month or two. He won't even have to hand over the football to VP Steele."

That was not my post - It was a post I sent an answer to...and my answer to them was 'Are you sure YOU'LL be around to see it?"

132 posted on 09/13/2007 10:24:08 PM PDT by LADY J
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