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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
What type of cancer is it? Lymphomas arise from a malignant clone of lymphocytes, which are a normal part of the peripheral blood population of circulating white cells and normally serve the functions of immune protection and inflammatory responses to foreign (or self) antigens. They are derived from progenitor cells in the bone marrow and the lymph nodes.
Lymphocytes are classified into B and T cells. Originally this classification was because the T cells derived from a Thymic origin, whereas the B cells came from an origin in the gut mesentery, which in the chicken was termed the Bursa of Fabricious. The two groups of lymphocytes normally sub-serve different lymphocyte functions.
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