What is Hodgkin's Disease?
What is Hodgkin's Disease?
- Hodgkin's Disease: A form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
- Hodgkin's Disease: A lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. There are two distinct subtypes: nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma and classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hodgkin's lymphoma has a bimodal age distribution, and involves primarily lymph nodes. Current therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma has resulted in an excellent outcome and cure for the majority of patients. -- 2003
Source - Diseases Database
- Hodgkin's Disease: a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Hodgkin's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hodgkin's Disease, or a subtype of Hodgkin's Disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Hodgkin's Disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction
Types of Hodgkin's Disease:
Broader types of Hodgkin's Disease:
How many people get Hodgkin's Disease?
Incidence (annual) of Hodgkin's Disease: 7,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); less than 1 percent of all cases of cancer
Incidence Rate of Hodgkin's Disease: approx 1 in 38,857 or 0.00% or 7,000 people in USA [about data]
Who gets Hodgkin's Disease?
Patient Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Typically either young adults (15-34) or over 55.
Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Hodgkin's disease occurs most often in
people between 15 and 34 and in people over the age of 55. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Hodgkin's Disease: NCI)
Gender Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Men 4:1 women. More common in men than women.
Gender Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: It is more common in men than in women. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Hodgkin's Disease: NCI)
How serious is Hodgkin's Disease?
Complications of Hodgkin's Disease:
see complications of Hodgkin's Disease
Average life years lost for Hodgkin's Disease: 24.6 years (SEER)1
Deaths for Hodgkin's Disease: 1,403 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Hodgkin's Disease?
Causes of Hodgkin's Disease: see causes of Hodgkin's Disease
Cause of Hodgkin's Disease: Cancerous over-growth of lymphatic tissue
Risk factors for Hodgkin's Disease:
see
risk factors for Hodgkin's Disease
What are the symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease?
Symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease:
see symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease
Complications of Hodgkin's Disease:
see complications of Hodgkin's Disease
Can anyone else get Hodgkin's Disease?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
More information:
see contagiousness of Hodgkin's Disease
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Hodgkin's Disease
Hodgkin's Disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hodgkin's Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hodgkin's Disease.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Hodgkin's Disease: Oncologist, Oncology nurse, Radiation oncologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Hodgkin's Disease.
Treatments for Hodgkin's Disease:
see treatments for Hodgkin's Disease
Research for Hodgkin's Disease:
see research for Hodgkin's Disease
Society issues for Hodgkin's Disease
Hospitalization statistics for Hodgkin's Disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hodgkin's Disease:
- 0.13% (16,150) of hospital consultant episodes were for Hodgkin’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 97% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 59% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 41% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for Hodgkin’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Hodgkin's Disease:
Organs and body systems related to Hodgkin's Disease include:
Name and Aliases of Hodgkin's Disease
Main name of condition: Hodgkin's Disease
Class of Condition for Hodgkin's Disease: cancer
Other names or spellings for Hodgkin's Disease:
HD, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, HL
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Source - Diseases Database
Hodgkin's disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
Lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin's lymphoma (subtype), Lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (subtype), Mixed cellularity Hodgkin's lymphoma (subtype), Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma (subtype), Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's lymphoma (subtype), Hodgkin lymphoma, adult
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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