Kansas City Chiefs Eric Berry Diagnosed With Hodgkin Lymphoma

A few weeks ago 25 year old Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry was placed on the non-football injury list after team doctors discovered a mass on the right side of his chest that they believed was Lymphoma. According to doctors at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta test results have determined Berry has Hodgkin lymphoma.  Eric Berry broke the news in a statement issued to the public:

“My family and I are very grateful for the amount of support we have received over the last couple of weeks. I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate all the words of encouragement, the blessings and well wishes. I want to thank the Emory University School of Medicine, along with Dr. Flowers and his team, for all of their hard work and effort in diagnosing and creating a plan for me to battle this thing. I will embrace this process and attack it the same way I do everything else in life. God has more than prepared me for it. For everyone sharing similar struggles, I’m praying for you and keep fighting!”

According to doctors the diagnosis is “very treatable” with standard chemotherapy approaches.“This is a diagnosis that is very treatable and potentially curable with standard chemotherapy approaches. The goal of Mr. Berry’s treatment is to cure his lymphoma and we are beginning that treatment now.”

In honor of Eric Berry, the Chiefs will be selling “Be Bold Be Brave Be Berry” shirts at the Arrowhead Stadium and shop.kcchiefs.com. The shirts were designed by Chiefs players and will be sold for $20. 100% of the proceeds received by the Chiefs and the NFL from the sales of the shirts will be directed to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.