Hodgkin's Disease : Complications

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Complications could include:
Other cancers; Lung problems; Liver failure; Adverse effects of radiation and chemotherapy; Inability to have children (sterility.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 3, 2006
Hodgkin's disease is a rare lymphoma , a cancer of the lymphatic system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Staging is very important in Hodgkin's disease. This is because the cancer usually spreads in a predictable pattern, without skipping sets of lymph nodes until late in the progression of the disease. IMAGING. Imaging of the abdomen, chest, and pel...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Acute myelogenous leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow. It is characterized by the growth of immature white blood cells. There are 8 categories of AML, categorized as M0 to M7, based on which blood cells are abnormal.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 1, 2007
Acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) is an acute cancer that affects white blood cells, primarily those of the granulocyte or monocyte types. Acute myelogenous leukemia and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL)are other names for AML and refer to the identical disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are cancers of lymphoid tissue (lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs of the immune system).
Source:ADAM
Date:September 11, 2006
One of two general types of lymphomas (cancers that begin in lymphatic tissues and can invade other organs) differing from Hodgkin ' s disease (HD) by a lack of Hodgkin ' s-specific Reed-Sternberg cells. Non-Hodgkin ' s lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that moves around the body as part of its role in the immune system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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