As far as cancer goes, there are not many cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma in the United States.

Of the 1,638,910 that will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. in 2012 according to estimates put forth by the National Cancer Institute, only about 50,000 across the country will be cases of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Under that umbrella, it isn’t even officially known how many cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma are diagnosed each year. according to Dr. Delong Liu, of New York Medical College.

As such, it was somewhat remarkable when Pam Witt and Kim Boyle got to talking in a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia waiting room and discovered their sons, both with the first name Justin, had that same rare form of cancer.

Of the 1,638,910 that will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. in 2012 according to estimates put forth by the National Cancer Institute, only about 50,000 across the country will be cases of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Under that umbrella, it isn’t even officially known how many cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma are diagnosed each year. according to Dr. Delong Liu, of New York Medical College.

As such, it was somewhat remarkable when Pam Witt and Kim Boyle got to talking in a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia waiting room and discovered their sons, both with the first name Justin, had that same rare form of cancer.