FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA (FL): THE FACTS

Follicular lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, involving the white blood cells that fight infection.

Some people are diagnosed after discovering painless lumps in the armpit, neck or groin. Others have symptoms including weight loss and fever. A few have no symptoms at all. FL is diagnosed via blood tests, scans and biopsy.

Depending on the variant, FL is treated with antibody therapy, radiotherapy, chemoimmunotherapy. Other patients have “active monitoring” (the “watch and wait” approach

Around 1,900 people are diagnosed every year. FL can occur at any age, but the average is 65.