NEWS 2021/07/16
In a Q&A with fans on Twitch, Mark Hoppus has gone into detail about the type of cancer that he is battling. Following an update earlier this week that the blink-182 legend is taking a test that will let him know how his chemotherapy is working, Mark explains that the exact cancer he has is “blood-related” rather than bone, and is called diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma Stage 4‑A. According to Macmillan, diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is “common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. DLBCL develops when B‑cells become abnormal (cancerous)… The abnormal B‑cells (lymphoma cells) usually build up in lymph nodes, but they can affect other parts of the body.” “My classification is diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma Stage 4‑A, which means, as I understand it, it’s entered fo...