Hodgkin's Disease

Adult Hodgkin's Disease: The Basics

What are lymph nodes? Lymph nodes are small, grape-sized glands that exist throughout the body and make up part of the lymphatic fluid circulation system. Lymphatic fluid is a clear fluid that leaks out of blood vessels, and in order for the body to keep the blood volume constant, lymphatic fluid is collected and returned to the blood via the lymphatic circulation. Lymph nodes are connected to each other by lymph vessels that transfer the lymphatic fluid. Before returning the lymph to the blood, lymph nodes clean up the fluid, looking for possible infection-causing germs (bacteria, viruses, etc.) the body using cells of the immune system. Most people can remember having swollen "glands" under their neck when they had an infection. Those "glands" were swollen lymph nodes that were reacting to the infection. In most cancers, this network of lymph nodes is one of the ... read more on Adult Hodgkin's Disease: The Basics

Treatment Options

Treatment Advances in Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Update for Patients
There are a variety of treatments currently available for Hodgkin Lymphoma patients. Learn about the exciting progress in Hodgkin Lymphoma treatment from this insightful video presentation by Jakub Svoboda, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of...

Clinical Advances in Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Update on Treatments for Healthcare Providers
Learn about current treatments and emerging therapies for Hodgkin's Lymphoma management in this insightful video featuring Jakub Svoboda, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University...

OncoLink Feature: "Late" cardiac side effects of Hodgkin's Disease treatment
When first recognized as a distinct type of illness in the 1800's, Hodgkin's Disease (HD) was almost universally fatal. Since that time there have been tremendous advances in the treatment of this cancer - perhaps more than against any single type...

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Personal Experiences of a Patient With Advanced Hodgkin's Disease
In the fall of 1994, I was a junior in college, double-majoring in industrial design and photography. The semester was going just like any other. I had a lot of work to do all the time. On a normal day, I would get up at 5 a.m., go to the...

NCI Resources

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Hodgkin's Disease - October 2001
Second lethal events associated with treatment for Hodgkin's disease: a review of 2980 patients treated in a single Mexican institute. Sex steroid receptors in Hodgkin's disease. Varicella zoster meningitis preceeded by thrombophlebitis in a...

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Hodgkin|s Disease - September 2001
Table of Contents[Changes in gonadal function in post-pubertal male survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Hodgkin's disease]Incidence of post transplant myelodysplasia/acute leukemia in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients compared with...

NCI CANCERLIT^® Search: Hodgkin's Disease - April 2002
An advocate's perspective on cancer survivorship. Evaluation of treatment response in patients with lymphoma using [18F]FDG-PET: differences between non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's A defective, rearranged Epstein-Barr virus genome in...