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what is hodgkin's?

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Type of lymphoma: There are two basic categories of lymphomas: hodgkin's lymphoma (also called hodgkin's disease) and non-hodgkin's lymphomas. The difference between these is in the specific lymphocytes involved. Hodgkin's lymphoma is marked by the presence of an abnormal lymphocyte called the reed-sternberg cell (or b lymphocyte).

Question 2

what is hodgkin's disease?

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A cancer: The short answer is a cancer of the lympoma group that spreads through the lymphatic system.  Hodgkins lymphoma is probably the most curable and is identified by typical reed sternberg cells when the pathologist looks at a biopsy of one of the swollen lymph nodes.

Question 3

can hodgkin's disease be cured?

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Yes and no: Hodgkin's disease can be "cured" or put in remission, but may relapse months or years later.

Question 4

how is hodgkin's disease treated?

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Chemotherapy: Either radiation or chemotherapy or both are used to treat hodgkin's disease depending on the cell type and stage.

Question 5

what exactly is hodgkin's disease?

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Type of lymphoma: Hodgkin lymphoma, which used to be called "Hodgkin's disease" is a type of lymphoma, a cancer of white blood cells usually but not always clumped in lymph nodes.

Hodgkin lymphoma behaves so differently than all other types of lymphoma that we have grouped lymphomas broadly into "Hodgkin lymphoma" and "non-hodgkin lymphoma" (i.e., EVERYTHING else!)

Hodgkin lymphoma is highly cureable.

Question 6

how can i treat hodgkin's disease?

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Chemo and radiation: Hodgkin's disease is treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or both.  Exactly what therapy is used depends on the extent and size of the tumor.

Question 7

i keep having recurring hodgkins. help?

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Treatments: You most likely have tried additional chemotherapy regimens different from what you were treated with at initial diagnosis. The next step would be an autologous bone marrow (or stem cell) transplant. Your next option would be to participate in a clinical trial. See:
http://www.Cancer.Gov/clinicaltrials/search/results?Protocolsearchid=6605255&vers=2
i wish you the best.

Question 8

what are the tests for hodgkin's disease?

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Various: The test needed to diagnose hodgkin's disease is a biopsy of the involved part of the body, usually a lymph node.  The other tests needed to help determine the stage of the disease and the treatment include a bone marrow biopsy, blood tests and a ct scan.

Question 9

how exactly is hodgkin's disease diagnosed?

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Biopsy of the Node: Usually hodgkin disease will present with enlarged lymph nodes. A biopsy of one of these lymph nodes is necessary to make a diagnosis.

Question 10

what diseases similar to hodgkin's disease?

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Other lymphomas: There are a dozen different types of lymphomas of which Hodgkin disease is one different disease. others are therefore called non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Anyone of them can be histologically and clinically confused with Hodgkin lymphoma. it takes a good pathologist to make this crucial distinction.

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