Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction

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Hodgkin's Disease: A form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hodgkin's Disease is available below.

Symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease

• Painless swollen lymph nodes - in one or more places:
  • Neck lymph node swelling
  • Underarm lymph node swelling
  • Groin lymph node swelling
• No pain - the swellings are usually painless
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 61 symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Hodgkin's Disease:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Cancer-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Prostate Testing
  • Home Prostate PSA Antigen Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Testing
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Testing
  • Home Breast Cancer Testing
  • Home Breast Lump Detection Kits
• more tests...»

Hodgkin's Disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Hodgkin's Disease:

• Edema
• Jaundice
• Fractures - tendency to fracture easily
• Immune deficiency
• Metastatic cancer
• Raised cancer risks after treatment:
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Hodgkin's Disease

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Hodgkin's Disease

• Physical exam
• Lymph node exam
• X-rays
• MRI scan
• CT scan
• more tests...»

See full list of 11 diagnostic tests for Hodgkin's Disease

Wrongly Diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Hodgkin's Disease
• Failure to diagnose Hodgkin's Disease
• Undiagnosed: Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's Disease: Medical Mistakes

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Hodgkin's Disease: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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Hodgkin's Disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Hodgkin's Disease

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Hodgkin's Disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Gynecological Oncology
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Hodgkin's Disease

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Hodgkin's Disease:

• Cancer (Oncology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Hodgkin's Disease, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Hodgkin's Disease: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Hodgkin's Disease

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Treatments for Hodgkin's Disease

• Radiation therapy
  • External radiation - usually the type of radiation used
  • Internal radiation
• Chemotherapy
• Surgery - note that typical tumor removal surgery is not possible with lymphomas because the "tumor" is not solid, but is dispersed widely through the body. However, some types of "surgery" such as bone marrow transplants are being investigated.
• more treatments...»

See full list of 5 treatments for Hodgkin's Disease

Latest Treatments for Hodgkin's Disease

• Radiation therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Autologous bone marrow transplant
• Doxorubicin
• Adriamycin
• more treatments...»

See full list of 15 latest treatments for Hodgkin's Disease

News Archives for Hodgkin's Disease

Medical news articles related to Hodgkin's Disease include:

• DNA Variations May Alter Risk of Hodgkin's Disease
• Doctors Report High Survival Rates for Hodgkin's Disease
• Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Breast Cancer Later
• Poverty Raises Mortality Risk With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Hodgkin Lymphoma Kids Face Greater Risk of Future Problems
• Outcomes Improve for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Hodgkin's Disease

Medical research articles related to Hodgkin's Disease include:

• Guidelines for preventing health-care--associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
• (1) Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). (2) Updated recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of 7-valent p
• Diagnosis of breast disease.
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children
• Can the combined pill be used by women who will be at increased risk of breast cancer because of chest irradiation for Hodgkins Disease?
• Tuberculosis
• Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Hodgkin's Disease

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Prognosis for Hodgkin's Disease

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Reseach about Hodgkin's Disease

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Clinical Trials for Hodgkin's Disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hodgkin's Disease include:

• Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,dacarbazine,doxorubicin,vinblastine
• Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Previously Untreated Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Hodgkin's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,cyclophosphamide,dacarbazine,doxorubicin,etoposide,filgrastim,prednisone,procarbazine,vinblastine,vincristine
• Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Disease and HIV Infection - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,doxorubicin,epirubicin,etoposide,filgrastim,mechlorethamine,prednisone,vinblastine,vincristine
• Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Dexrazoxane in Treating Children With Hodgkin's Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,cyclophosphamide,dexrazoxane,doxorubicin,etoposide,filgrastim,prednisone,vincristine
• Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Hodgkin's Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bleomycin,chlorambucil,dacarbazine,doxorubicin,etoposide,prednisolone,procarbazine,vinblastine,vincristine
• more trials...»

See full list of 429 Clinical Trials for Hodgkin's Disease

Statistics for Hodgkin's Disease

• Medical statistics for Hodgkin's Disease
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Hodgkin's Disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for Hodgkin's Disease
• Society statistics for Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's Disease: Broader Related Topics

• Cancer
• Immunoproliferative diseases
• Immune disorders
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Types of Hodgkin's Disease

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Article Excerpts about Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's disease is one of a group of cancers called lymphomas . Lymphoma is a general term for cancers that develop in the lymphatic system . Hodgkin's disease, an uncommon lymphoma, accounts for less than 1 percent of all cases of cancer in this country. Other cancers of the lymphatic system are called non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Hodgkin's Disease: NCI)

Definitions of 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)

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