What is Hodgkin's Disease?

Contents

Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction
Types of Hodgkin's Disease
Prognosis
Complications
Prevalence
Other names for Hodgkin's Disease
Who gets Hodgkin's Disease?
What causes Hodgkin's Disease?
What are the symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease?
Organs Affected by Hodgkin's Disease
Can anyone else get Hodgkin's Disease?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Hodgkin's Disease
Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction

What is Hodgkin's Disease?

Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma, a general name for a group of cancers of the blood that originate in the lymph glands. The lymph glands ...more »

Hodgkin's Disease: A form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
Hodgkin's Disease: A lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. There are two distinct subtypes: nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma and classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hodgkin's lymphoma has a bimodal age distribution, and involves primarily lymph nodes. Current therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma has resulted in an excellent outcome and cure for the majority of patients. -- 2003
Source - Diseases Database
Hodgkin's Disease: a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver.
Source - WordNet 2.1

Hodgkin's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Hodgkin's Disease, or a subtype of Hodgkin's Disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Hodgkin's Disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Hodgkin's Disease: Introduction

Types of Hodgkin's Disease:

Broader types of Hodgkin's Disease:

How many people get Hodgkin's Disease?

Incidence (annual) of Hodgkin's Disease: 7,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); less than 1 percent of all cases of cancer
Incidence Rate of Hodgkin's Disease: approx 1 in 38,857 or 0.00% or 7,000 people in USA [about data]

Who gets Hodgkin's Disease?

Patient Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Typically either young adults (15-34) or over 55.

Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Hodgkin's disease occurs most often in people between 15 and 34 and in people over the age of 55. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Hodgkin's Disease: NCI)

Gender Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: Men 4:1 women. More common in men than women.

Gender Profile for Hodgkin's Disease: It is more common in men than in women. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Hodgkin's Disease: NCI)

How serious is Hodgkin's Disease?

Complications of Hodgkin's Disease: see complications of Hodgkin's Disease
Average life years lost for Hodgkin's Disease: 24.6 years (SEER)¹
Deaths for Hodgkin's Disease: 1,403 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Hodgkin's Disease?

Causes of Hodgkin's Disease: see causes of Hodgkin's Disease
Cause of Hodgkin's Disease: Cancerous over-growth of lymphatic tissue
Risk factors for Hodgkin's Disease: see risk factors for Hodgkin's Disease

What are the symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease?

Symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease: see symptoms of Hodgkin's Disease

Complications of Hodgkin's Disease: see complications of Hodgkin's Disease

Can anyone else get Hodgkin's Disease?

Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
More information: see contagiousness of Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's Disease: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hodgkin's Disease.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hodgkin's Disease.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Hodgkin's Disease: Oncologist, Oncology nurse, Radiation oncologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Hodgkin's Disease.
Treatments for Hodgkin's Disease: see treatments for Hodgkin's Disease
Research for Hodgkin's Disease: see research for Hodgkin's Disease

Society issues for Hodgkin's Disease

Hospitalization statistics for Hodgkin's Disease: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hodgkin's Disease:

0.13% (16,150) of hospital consultant episodes were for Hodgkin’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
59% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for Hodgkin’s Disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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