My dad was told he had leukaemia, today he was diagnosed with non hodgkin's lymphoma, results show he has cancer in bone marrow, blood and lymph nodes is this all 1 type of cancer the non hodgkin's lymphoma I'm confused
Leukaemia and Lymphomas are two different types of cancer. Leukaemia affects the blood cells, and lymphoma affects the lymphatic system (lymph nodes).
It is uncommon, but it is possible to have two types of cancer at the same time. We have information about both on our website
I hope that this helps,
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