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Hodgkin's lymphoma, formerly known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832, and characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. Epidemiology Unlike other lymphomas, whose incidence increases with age, Hodgkin's lymphoma has a bimodal incidence curve: that is, it occurs more frequently in two separate age groups, the first being young adulthood (age 15–35), the second being in those over 50 years old. Overall, it is more common in men, exc ...
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Hodgkin's Disease Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Marrow Donor Program http://www.marrow.org/
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Lymphoma Research Foundation http://www.lymphoma.org
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
- Cure for Lymphoma Foundation
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
Resources
- Adult Hodgkin's Lymphoma (PDQ): Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
- Adult Hodgkin/'s Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
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