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Dr. Jack Lazerson answers the question: “What’s the difference between Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma?”

Both of these diseases fall under the general category of lymphoma.

They are considered separate diseases as they have, in general, different clinical manifestations and treatments. Both are malignancies of the lymph nodes, or lymphoid tissue, and diagnosed by lymph node biopsy.

There are various stages of these disorders, ranging from “localized” to “wide spread dissemination.” Within each category of lymphoma, there are different cellular subtypes, which in combination with the stage of the disease, dictates the type of treatment and prognosis.

Jack Lazerson, M.D. is a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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