Lymphoma is a general term for cancers that develop in the lymphatic system.

• Hodgkin's disease, discovered by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832, is one type of lymphoma.
• All other lymphomas are grouped together and are called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Prevalence

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, lymphomas account for about five percent of all cases of cancer in the United States, and Hodgkin's disease in particular accounts for less than one percent of all cases of cancer in the United States.

References

• Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NIH Publication No. 99-1567
• Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Hodgkin's disease. NIH Publication No. 99-1555

External links

• Lymphoma Research Foundation http://www.lymphoma.org/
• Timeline of discovery and treatment of Hodgkin's Lymphoma http://www.lymphomainfo.net/hodgkins/timeline.html

Health science - Medicine - Hematology

Hematological malignancy and White blood cells

Lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease, NHL) - Leukemia (ALL, AML, CLL, CML) - Multiple myeloma - MDS - Myelofibrosis - Myeloproliferative disease (Thrombocytosis, Polycythemia) - Neutropenia

Red blood cells

Anemia - Hemochromatosis - Sickle-cell anemia - Thalassemia - G6PD - other hemoglobinopathies

Coagulation and Platelets

Thrombosis - Deep venous thrombosis - Pulmonary embolism - Censored page - ITP - TTP