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  2. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Wikipedia

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    231,400 (2015) [5] Non-Hodgkin lymphoma ( NHL ), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. [1] Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredness. [1] Other symptoms may include bone pain, chest pain, or itchiness. [1]

  3. Lymphoma - Wikipedia

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    122-184. Lymphoma is the most common form of hematological malignancy, or "blood cancer", in the developed world. Taken together, lymphomas represent 5.3% of all cancers (excluding simple basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers) in the United States and 55.6% of all blood cancers.

  4. Ann Arbor staging - Wikipedia

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    Ann Arbor staging is the staging system for lymphomas, both in Hodgkin's lymphoma (formerly designated Hodgkin's disease) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (abbreviated NHL). It was initially developed for Hodgkin's, but has some use in NHL. It has roughly the same function as TNM staging in solid tumors. The stage depends on both the place where the ...

  5. International Prognostic Index - Wikipedia

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    The International Prognostic Index ( IPI) is a clinical tool developed by oncologists to aid in predicting the prognosis of patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Previous to IPI's development, the primary consideration in assessing prognosis was the Ann Arbor stage alone, but this was increasingly found to be an inadequate means of ...

  6. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - Wikipedia

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    Micrograph ( Field stain) of a diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ( DLBCL) is a cancer of B cells, a type of lymphocyte that is responsible for producing antibodies. It is the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among adults, [1] with an annual incidence of 7–8 cases per 100,000 people per year in the US and UK.

  7. Hodgkin lymphoma - Wikipedia

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    Hodgkin lymphoma ( HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. [2] [8] The condition was named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it in 1832.

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