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Hodgkin lymphoma
Immune system cancer characterized by Reed-Sternberg cells, described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. It causes painless lymph node swelling and systemic symptoms; today, it is a cornerstone of oncofertility due to its high cure rate and risk of gonadal damage.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Disease
Level of specialization High
Definition source Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
Variants
Acronym
HL
Formal
Synonym
Hodgkin disease
Formal
Hodgkin's disease
Formal
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

linfoma de Hodking
Associated concepts
Type of
lymphoma
May cause
infertility due to gonadotoxic treatment
Is accompanied by
need for fertility preservation
radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Examples
Williams et al. (1999) reported an overall 50% rate of ovarian preservation in adult patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Besides Hodgkin's lymphoma, ovarian transposition has been employed in other non gynecologic tumors, such as urogenital rhabdomyosarcoma and medulloblastoma, arising in prepubertal and premenopausal patients.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
patients | women with Hodgkin lymphoma