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Facebook's Europe head Lady Nicola Mendelsohn has confirmed her blood cancer has entered remission, ten months after going public with her diagnosis.
Lady Mendelsohn, 47, who has a form of follicular lymphoma, said on Sunday she was in remission and had recently undergone her final day of treatment after six months of chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
She had previously described her cancer as a "life sentence" in a blog on Facebook for World Cancer Day in February.
Follicular lymphoma, which she discovered as a tiny lump in her groin, can return after a number of years despite not appearing in any tests.
Around 60 per cent of people who suffer from her form of lymphoma live more than ten years.
Results in post 6mnths chemo & immunotherapy, I’m in remission! Here’s me on my first & last treatment day. Grateful to the amazing Drs & nurses who helped me through this. Thanks to family & friends & to everyone at work for the love and support that you gave to me. pic.twitter.com/qjrHgrwmv5
— nicola mendelsohn (@nicolamen) December 16, 2018
Lady Mendelsohn said on Twitter: "Results in post six months chemo and immunotherapy, I’m in remission! Here’s me on my first and last treatment day. Grateful to the amazing doctors and nurses who helped me through this. Thanks to family and friends and to everyone at work for the love and support that you gave to me."
Lady Mendelsohn has raised awareness about the condition after discovering a lump in November 2016.
She has spoken of turning to support groups, including a group on Facebook called Living with Follicular Lymphoma, which has grown from a few hundred people to more than 4,800 today.
“It took me a couple of months after my diagnosis to think to look for a group on Facebook, and it’s funny because I work on Facebook,” Lady Mendelsohn told the Telegraph earlier this year. “I should probably have got there a bit quicker, but I hadn’t thought of it.”
Lady Mendelsohn joined Facebook in 2013 after a career in advertising and has widely been considered one of the most powerful people in British tech. She currently serves as its highest ranking European employee as head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She has four children.
