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Hodgkin's Disease : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Liver Failure
  • Sterility
  • Chronic lung disease

Complications Overview Articles

Hodgkin's lymphoma
Inability to have children (infertility)Liver failureLung problemsOther cancersSide effects of radiation and chemotherapyChemotherapy can cause low blood cell counts, which can lead to an increased risk of bleeding, infection, and anemia. To mini...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 2, 2009
Hodgkin's Disease
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Hodgkin's Disease
Follow-up examinations continue for many years following treatment for Hodgkin's disease. Women who have had chest irradiation must have frequent mammo-grams and clinical and breast self examinations for early detection of breast cancer.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Specific Complications Articles

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma is cancer of the lymphoid tissue, which includes the lymph nodes, spleen, and other organs of the immune system.Lymphoma- non-Hodgkin''s; Lymphocytic lymphoma; Histiocytic lymphoma; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; Cancer- non-Hodgkin...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 12, 2009
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Physicians can diagnose the type of lymphoma by performing a biopsy, in which a lymph node is removed and examined in the laboratory. Some of the Non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma types include: Burkitt''s lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular c...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia(AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 11, 2008
Acute Myelocytic Leukemia
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 ident...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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