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Hodgkin

What do you know about Hodgkin's Disease?

Hodgkin's disease, sometimes called Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a cancer that starts in lymphatic tissue. Lymphatic tissue includes the lymph nodes and related organs that are part of the body's immune and blood-forming systems. The lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped organs found underneath the skin in the neck, underarm, and groin. They are also found in many other places in the body such as inside the chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
Lymph nodes make and store infection-fighting white blood cells, called lymphocytes. They are connected throughout the body by lymph vessels (narrow tubes similar to blood vessels). These lymph vessels carry a colorless, watery fluid (lymphatic fluid) that contains lymphocytes. Eventually the lymphatic fluid is emptied into the blood vessels in the left upper chest.
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Hodgkin

There are no benign forms of Hodgkins Disease. Hodgkins disease kills its victims eventually and sometimes rather quickly. Since Hodgkins is based in the lymph nodes, it can spread rapidly. No cure has been found for it and its treatments are mostly the same as other forms of cancer.