Though doctors weren't sure if he had a deadly strain of lymphoma or a more curable form of Hodgkin'sdisease, they knew it had to be treated aggressively.
Allen's illness was Hodgkin'sdisease, a form of cancer, with which he had been diagnosed earlier that year, and which has always been understood to be the reason he left Microsoft.
艾伦此前不幸被确诊得了非霍奇金氏病，该病为癌症的一种，而这也是外界普遍认为他离开微软的原因。
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The 38-year-old actor announced last week that he had been secretly battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, but that the disease was now in remission and he was nearing the end of his treatment.