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The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell reveals ‘rare and aggressive’ blood cancer diagnosis


Band’s keyboardist says he initially ignored symptoms until his ‘devastating’ lymphoma diagnosis, but ‘the prognosis is amazing’

The musician shared his diagnosis on social media in time with Blood Cancer Awareness Month, which falls in September, a year after he was first diagnosed. “Cancer CAN be beaten but if you are diagnosed early enough you stand a way better chance, so all I have to say is go GET TESTED, if you have the faintest thought you may have symptoms go and get checked out,” O’Donnell wrote. Photograph: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty ImagesWhile lymphoma symptoms vary, common symptoms can include fever, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, fatigue, itchy skin, loss of appetite, bruising or bleeding easily, unexplained weight loss, and pain in the chest, abdomen or bones.

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