What Is Hodgkin's Disease

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What Is Hodgkin's Disease

Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma. Lymphoma (say: lim-foh-mah) is cancer of the lymphatic system and is the third most common type of cancer in kids and teens ages 10 to 14. But it is still very rare for kids to get it.

The lymphatic system is the system in the body that is responsible for fighting off infections and keeping you healthy. It's made up of your tonsils, spleen, bone marrow, and chains of lymph nodes (rounded masses of tissues found throughout the body). Although many types of cancer can spread to the lymph system, lymphoma actually begins in the cells of the lymph system itself.

Hodgkin's disease strikes three out of every 100,000 Americans, usually young adults and older people. According to the American Cancer Society, the disease is named for Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who described several cases of the cancer within the lymph system in 1832. About 40 years later, other doctors began to report different types of lymphomas.

Hodgkin's disease has been linked to a virus called Epstein-Barr (EBV), which can cause infectious mononucleosis, or mono. EBV infects lymph nodes and other parts of the lymphatic system and may change cells in such a way that they later become cancerous. Hodgkin's disease occurs about equally in boys and girls aged 10 to 14.

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