Hodgkin's disease is a cancer of the lymphatic (pronounced lim-FAT-ic) system. The lymphatic system consists of blood vessels, tissues, and other structures that carry lymph (pronounced limf) through the body. Lymph is a bloodlike fluid that...

Hodgkin's disease is a cancerous enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and other lymphoid tissue. Examples of the syndrome were first recorded by the Italian physician Marcello Malpighi in 1666, but it was an English physician, Thomas Hodgkin...

Hodgkin's lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized clinically by the orderly spread of disease from one lymph node group to another and by the...

We evaluated clinical features, management and survival of 12 patients with primary testicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presented to our hematology unit between January 1992 and July 2006, retrospectively. The median age of patients was 47 years at presentation (range 29-78 years) and >80% of them...

Abstract Extranodal laryngeal lymphoma is extremely rare. We report a case of primary laryngeal lymphoma in a 76-year-old man who had presented with a 7-week history of progressive hoarseness. Laryngoscopy revealed asymmetry of the right false vocal fold. Pathology of a deep...

Potential presidential candidate Fred Thompson, known to millions of "Law & Order" viewers as a gruff district attorney, revealed on Wednesday that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer, nearly three years ago.Thompson, 64, said he is in remission, and never even...

Shaking off pricing concerns, scientific failures and regulatory inquiries that have plagued its top biotechnology competitor, Genentech Inc. again reported record earnings in its first quarter.Genentech now has 10 drugs on the market _ three of which each exceed $1 billion in annual sales _...