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Introduction: Hodgkin's Disease

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 ... more about Hodgkin's Disease.

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

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Medical Textbooks Online about Hodgkin's Disease

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"
  • "Handbook of Diseases"

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Diagnostic Tests for Hodgkin's Disease

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Misdiagnosis and Hodgkin's Disease

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Causes of Hodgkin's Disease

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Treatments for Hodgkin's Disease

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Videos for Hodgkin's Disease

Life with NHL

Life with NHLFighting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) can be a tough battle. Eileen Merle-Rao is a person with NHL who tried two different rounds of therapies,...

Radioimmunotherapy for NHL

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Treating Relapsed Indolent NHL

Treating Relapsed Indolent NHLWhether relapsed or refractory, tune in to learn about treatments for indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Testing NHL Vaccines

Testing NHL VaccinesVaccines for cancer are no longer futuristic medicine. See how people with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are on the cutting edge of research.

 
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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.

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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


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