US Cancer.Gov (Cancernet) Information

Cancernet has recently been totally redesigned (again)!  It is recommended to start with the patient information. As you become more familiar with the condition, you may want to view the physician information also.

• Hodgkin's Lymphoma main page

• AIDS Related Cancer main page

NCI can also be contacted via telephone at 1-800-4-CANCER. See their web site for other contact information.

Books

• Hodgkin's Disease, Peter M. Mauch (Editor), James O. Armitage (Editor), Volker Diehl (Editor), June 1999. Very comprehensive but costs a bit more
   
• Living With Lymphoma, Elizabeth Adler, Oct. 2005
    
• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Adult Hodgkin's Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age Icon Health Publications; Paperback Nov 2002 - more economical

General Sites

Several medical sites on the internet have general, concise information

Information Sites

• American Cancer Society has written some better information on Hodgkin's in recent times. 
• The Lymphoma Research Foundation 
• Lymphomation.Org is a newer lymphoma resource

New Patient Information

• Li Sparks Guethlein has an good but dated guide for the new patient

Pediatric (Childhood) Hodgkin's

• See the Childhood Hodgkin's Information Pages for the latest information.

Hodgkin's in the Elderly

• The Study for Hodgkin's in the Elderly (SHIELD) Lymphoma Project in the UK aims to register elderly (>60) patients with Hodgkin's disease and collect simple data to understand the range of current therapies and outcomes.  (new)

HIV and Hodgkin's Disease

• The AIDS Related Lymphoma Information Page

Causes of Hodgkin's

• Agent Orange, the chemical used in the Vietnam War, has been linked to Hodgkin's
  • AOWAC is an organization dedicated to providing information on Agent Orange and links with disease including lymphoma. (updated link)
  • One paper that discusses the Non-Hodgkin's connection.

Technical Discussions

• Hematological information on Hodgkin's from Dr. David Weissman
• A page on the Hematology of Hodgkin's Disease

Other Sources of Information

• Is Hodgkin's caused by genetics, environment, or possibly a combination? No one knows for sure but research continues. On the web the most comprehensive report is the Human Genome Project Paper on Hereditary Hodgkin's (updated link)

Also see the organizations page for organizations that provide cancer information and support.

Further Reading on Adult Hodgkin's Lymphoma:

• Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Diagnosis
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Treatment
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Chemotherapy
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma / Disease (Main Page)

For Information on Childhood Hodgkin's Lymphoma:

• Childhood Hodgkin's Information Pages

The Main Page - your guide to support and more: