Hodgkin's lymphoma

All about Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease), including symptoms and causes of Hodgkin's disease, tests and scans to diagnose lymphoma, treatment including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy (rituximab or Mabthera) and current research. Living with Hodgkin's lymphoma covers coping with your diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma, recovering from stem cell transplant and how treatment may affect your sex life.

What to ask your doctor about tests

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News: Scientists find new genetic sites that increase Hodgkin's lymphoma risk: Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and colleagues have identified three regions of DNA that appear to increase people's risk of developing Hodgkin's lymphoma - a form of blood cancer that originates in white blood cells.; 1 Nov 2010
News: Mysterious 'ancient' DNA can help cancer cells survive: A new study in the journal Nature Medicine, part-funded by Cancer Research UK, has discovered that ancient DNA sequences within human cells can actually help cancer cells survive - at least in one type of the disease.; 5 May 2010
Press release: New radioactive drug shows impressive results in early Hodgkin's lymphoma: TWO THIRDS of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients treated with an experimental radioactive cancer therapy responded well to the treatment, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK phase I trial published in Clinical Cancer Research*, today (Tuesday).; 15 Dec 2009