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How do doctors determine if it's hodgkins lymphoma or leukemia ?
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Testing: Biopsies of affected sites in the body and subsequent testing determine the diagnosis. Special tests are run by a pathologist that determine if an abnormal lymph node, for example, is consistent with hodgkin lymphoma or a leukemia. It is important to know the difference, since these diseases are treated differently.
Answered 11/10/2013
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