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What do you suggest if my sister has stage iv hodgkins - i don't think we can get through this?
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She Can Be Cured: There are a few types of cancer which are still curable when they are Stage IV. Hodgkin Lymhpoma is one of them. In fact, with modern chemotherapy about 65% of people diagnosed with Stage IV disease survive longer than five years.
Answered 8/4/2014
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