Can a teen have hodgkin lymphoma?

Teenage is a: Common time for hodgkin's disease. Can be an easy to notice lymph node, neck or arm pit, but might be a hard to notice liver, spleen or mediastinal mass associated with sweats, fever, weight loss (b symptoms).

Yes: Cancers in teenagers are rare, but hodgkin lymphoma does happen in this population. It is curable in the majority of the patients. There have been some significant changes in the way we approach hodgkin lymphoma, especially in the early stages, in trying to prevent long term complications from treatments.