Andy Whitfield

Spartacus star, New Zealand, a series of great success, died on Sunday, 18 months agreement with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. "It 'a beautiful sunny spring morning in Sydney, surrounded by his family, his bosom of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield 18 months has lost the battle of cancer, lymphoma," Vashti Whitfield, actress, wife he told the press. Actor fight against cancer 18 months to the end defeated.The Spartacus actor was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in March 2010. He began to treat cancer in New Zealand, which delayed the production of Spartacus, "the second season. Around June 2010, Whitfield was able to complete his treatment and was also given a positive evaluation. However, his battle against cancer was not yet ready. She had cancer in September 2010. Since then, Whitfield fought for several months of pain and agony.

No lymphoma is a cancer of lymphoid tissue. Cancer also affects the lymph nodes, spleen, and the entire immune system. In most cases, the cause of this cancer is unknown. But people with low immune systems are more likely to develop this type of deadly disease.

This cancer is classified into three categories: low, medium and high. The most common type is low, progress slowly and kill healthy cells. This disease is more common in men than in women.

Non Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by various signs and symptoms. The most common symptoms include fever, chills, itching, night sweats, weight loss, and swollen neck, groin, armpits or lymph nodes. Sometimes, coughing and shortness of breath is also common included. Some may even have swelling and abdominal pain. When cancer affects the brain, headaches, attention problems, and seizures can also be seen.

Before this form of cancer can be treated, there are things to consider as the type, stage at diagnosis, signs of age and health of the patient, and other symptoms. Basically, if the cancer is concentrated in a particular location, radiation is used. But chemotherapy is still the main treatment.

Type of low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can not be treated with chemotherapy alone. But people with this cancer progresses slowly and can take a lot of years before the cancer gets worse. In contrast, chemotherapy can improve a variety of high quality lymphoma. But if the body does not react or respond to treatment, death can occur quickly.

Records show that in Australia, a total of 4443 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma should be noted that 2472 men and 1978 women. In this statistic, died nearly 50% or 1487 patients.