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Old 20th Sep 2006, 19:25
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Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by so called Reed Sternberg cells in whic a bilobate nucleus is found in B lymphocytes upon microscopic examination by a pathologist. It happens to be a rather treatable malignancy if caught early
I don't have the survival rates [five and ten year] before me now, nor the recomended chemotherapy protocols but I believe it to be Cisplatin and Doxyrubicin

I'm not gonna rant on about TNM but if its something like T[primary tumor]1 or 2 N [secondary lymph node involvement] 0 or 1 and M [distant metastases-spreading to other sites] 0 [ask your oncologist] then treatment should be highly effective.

Best of luck with your treatments and try to keep a positive outlook great advances are being made all the time even for more advanced cases



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