The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell Reveals “Devastating” Lymphoma Diagnosis
deadline.comRoger O’Donnell is opening up about his battle with Lymphoma one year later. The Cure keyboardist revealed his diagnosis in a post for Blood Cancer Awareness Month on Sunday after he was diagnosed with the “very rare and aggressive” cancer in September 2023 and subsequently underwent treatment. “September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month so it’s a good opportunity to have a dialogue about these diseases,” O’Donnell started in a series of posts on X. “In September last year I was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma.
I had ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went and after surgery the result of the biopsy was devastating.” He explained that he’s now “fine” and has an “amazing” prognosis after undergoing several rounds of treatment over the past year. “I’ve now completed 11 months of treatment under some of the finest specialists in the world and with second opinions and advice from the teams that had developed the drugs I was being given.
I had the benefit of the latest sci-fi immunotherapy and some drugs that were first used 100 years ago. The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy which also was one of the first treatments developed against cancer.
I’m fine and the prognosis is amazing,” added O’Donnell. September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month so it’s a good opportunity to have a dialogue about these diseases.
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