Hodgkin's Disease
Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction
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
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Hodgkin's Disease: A form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
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causes, and treatments of Hodgkin's Disease is available below.
Symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease
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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
- Radiation therapy
- 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.
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Fighting 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,...
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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
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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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