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Hodgkin's disease

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Hodgkin's disease

[′häj·kənz di‚zēz]
(medicine)
A disease characterized by a neoplastic proliferation of atypical histiocytes in one or several lymph nodes. Also known as lymphogranulomatosis.
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Drawing on estimates from scientific literature and data from the International Agency of Research on Cancer, this slim monograph reports the incidence of Hodgkin's disease on different continents by age group and gender.
This season's dinner raised over $700,000 for the charity seeking to cure Leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
Chen and her associates have done cardiovascular disease follow-up studies on 182 patients in the Hodgkin's Disease Cardiac Study.
NEW YORK--Heart disease is the leading cause of noncancer mortality in patients who survive an initial bout with Hodgkin's disease, an example of the importance of monitoring for heart disease in cancer survivors.
NEW YORK -- The relative risk for cardiovascular disease is about two- to sevenfold higher in Hodgkin's disease survivors compared with age- and gender-matched people with no cancer history, Dr.
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