Betsy Lucas was five months pregnant when a curious dime-sized lump arose on her neck.
Her family doctor thought it was likely an inflamed lymph node caused by a recent sinus infection. But a biopsy revealed Betsy had Burkitt lymphoma, a fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that occurs most often in young adults and children.
“I was stunned,” Betsy says. “The bump appeared out of nowhere, overnight.”
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