Hendriks was diagnosed with Stage 4 NHL. I was unable to find what type - it is usually broken down into either diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma. But they have very disparate survival rates.
- Stage 4 non-Hodgkin's diffuse large B-cell lymphoma has a five-year relative survival rate of 57%.
- Stage 4 non-Hodgkin's follicular lymphoma has a five-year relative survival rate of 86%
- Stage 4 NHL Combined 5 yr survival: 65%
Age significantly affects the survival rate, race has a small effect as well
Caucasian aged: 15 -39 using combined NHL improves the 5 yr survival: 73% 10 year survival: 71%
However, for Hendriks specifically, he has already survived ~18 months and that further improves the odds very significantly.
Looking at the data for his age and race ~20% of the mortality occurs within 18 months. That would mean if there are 100 people with Stage 4 NHL. 18 months from diagnosis there would be 80 people alive. Then from 18 months to 5 years out, another 7 (or 9%) would be expected to succumb to the disease.
So an extremely rough estimation, based on extremely incomplete information, would be 91% chance of survival for 3+ years and 89% for 8+ years (to make it 10 yrs total). And I am not a statistician, so I may have messed up the analysis.
These above numbers are based on the SEER cancer stats from 2000-2019.
Many other factors affect the survival rate and the above should be taken as nothing more than a very rough estimate for the population in general.
And numbers are just numbers, I hope and am optimistic for a very long life for Liam, geoflin and everyone who has been diagnosed with NHL or any type of cancer.