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Description -
what is Hodgkin's Disease?
Incidence - how
often does Hodgkin's strike?
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Disease - Historical Timeline of Events
Comparison of
Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas
Diagnosis - how is
Hodgkin's discovered?
- Prognostic Scoring -
  determining treatment
- Blood Counts -
  testing the blood
- Erythrocyte
  Sedimentation Rate - a blood test
- MRI Scans - what is an MRI?
- Gallium Scans - what
  is a gallium scan?
- Lymphangiogram
  - are these still done??
- CT or CAT
  Scan
- PET Scan
Treatment - how is
Hodgkin's treated?
- Chemotherapy - cancer
  killing drugs
  - ABVD chemotherapy
  - MOPP chemotherapy
  - Stanford V
    chemotherapy
  - Catheters
    - Implanted lines for chemotherapy delivery
- Transplants - bone marrow and stem
  cell
  - Stem Cell Collection
  - Stem Cell Questions and Answers
- Clinical Trials
- Treatment Late Effects
  - Peripheral
    Neuropathy - hands & feet tingling
  - Avascular
    Necrosis - bone death from steroid use
Resources - links
to even more information

Other ways to categorize NHLs:

Chemotherapy - cancer
killing drugs
- CHOP Chemotherapy
- Catheters
  - Implanted lines for chemotherapy delivery
Immunotherapy -
antibodies and vaccines
- Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
  - Rituxan - the first
    commercial MAB
  - Bexxar - iodine
    radiolabeled MAB
  - Zevalin
    - another
    radiolabeled MAB
Transplants - bone marrow and stem
cell
- Stem Cell Collection
- Stem Cell Questions and Answers
Clinical Trials
Watch and Wait
(Watchful Waiting)
Treatment Late Effects
- Peripheral
  Neuropathy - hands & feet tingling
- Avascular
  Necrosis - bone death from steroid use

Resources - links to
even more information

Lymphoma is People focuses on
support online with a human touch.
- Familiar Faces - people who you
  may know who have been affected by lymphoma
- Personal Web
  Sites and Blogs - sites and blogs of
  others lymphoma survivors
  - Hodgkin's & NHL Pages
- Mailing Lists - join others in
  an e-mail chat
- Online Chats - chat with
  others in real time
Just for Kids and Teens
lists sites and links to lymphoma information that are for the young.
Lymphoma Organizations lists
organizations in the US and around the world devoted to helping those with lymphoma
Financial Support Organizations - groups that help
with financing cancer treatment
Patient's Rights explores what you
should expect from your doctors and what they should expect from you
Lymphoma in the News looks at
lymphoma headlines in the media
Surviving Lymphoma is your
source for information on establishing your "new normal" after lymphoma
treatment
- Checkup Anxiety -
  going to the doctor and how to handle it
- Recurrence Fear -
  worrying about cancer returning
- Post Cancer Fatigue
  (PCF) - fatigue after cancer
- Late Effects -
  the problems that occur from cancer treatment
- Secondary Cancers
  - non-lymphatic cancers resulting from lymphoma treatment
- Stress / Post Tramatic
  Stress Disorder
- Sex and Sterility
  - before, during, and after cancer
- Mailing Lists -
  communicating with others surviving lymphoma
- Support Sites -
  pages and organizations on surviving

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