Non-Hodgkins lymphoma muted into Hodgkins

Hello there, 

My dad has been battling against mixed B-cell non Hodgkins Lymphoma and it hasn't responded well to chemo and radiotherapy. He has now done another biopsy to some new enlarged lymph node and they told him the cancer has now mutated to Hodgkins Lymphoma. 

I know this is a rare thing to happen, but has this happened to anyone? Does this increase his chances of going into remission or is it difficult to say becasue it might just keep changing?

Thank you to anyone who will reply :)

  • Hello and thanks for posting

    You have posted on the ask the nurses section of the website but hopefully others may chip in and share their stories with you as well.

    I am sorry to hear about your dad's situation and I do hope the doctors have a plan of treatment moving forward that will work for him.

    Sometimes cancers do mutate and whilst this is rare with non Hodgkin's it can happen as you say.

    Unfortunately I don't think anyone on here will be able to say if this will change your dad's overall outlook and it is important to ask these types of questions to his specialist team as they are in the best position to answer them.

    Best wishes

    Naomi