Hodgkin's Disease

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This paper explains that Hodgkin's disease, like other cancerous diseases, is basically a disease of the body cells in this case, the cells of the lymphatic tissue starting almost anywhere in the body. It explains however, that it usually starts in lymph nodes in the upper part of the body, most commonly in the chest, neck or under the arms. The author points out that the treatment of Hodgkin's disease is to destroy or eliminate the cancerous cells, which is done using chemotherapy or by radiation therapy. The paper relates that several advances have been made in treating Hodgkin's disease in recent years and, due to the effectiveness of treatment, Hodgkin's is now considered to be one of the less serious cancers: The success rate of treatment for the disease is over 90%, if diagnosed early.

Table of Contents
Physiological Effects of Hodgkin's Disease
Overview
How the Disease Affects the Body
How the Treatment affects the Disease and Body?
Treatments Available

From the Paper:

"Hodgkin's disease is one of the two (and less severe) types of cancer of the lymphatic system; the other type being non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The disease is named after the British physician, Thomas Hodgkin, who first discovered the condition in 1832. Hodgkin's disease commonly occurs in young adults (between the ages of 15 to 35) and in older people (over 50 year olds. However, about 10%-15% of cases have been diagnosed in children below 16 years of age. Statistics also show that more men than women are afflicted by it. Estimates by the American Cancer Society indicate that over 7,500 new cases of Hodgkin's disease are diagnosed every year in the United States. Due to advances in the treatment of cancer in recent years, the survival rate for Hodgkin's is good and approximately 90 percent of Hodgkin's patients who are diagnosed at an early stage are cured."

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