Hodgkins

A lymphatic system cancer

Hodgkins is a surname, most familiar from Hodgkin's disease (also Hodgkin lymphoma), a cancer of the lymphatic system named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it in 1832.

The spelling Hodgkins sometimes appears as a variant of the surname or as a place name.

treatment

chemotherapy

Anti-cancer drug treatment

radiotherapy · remission · oncologist · follow-up · survivorship

disease

lymphoma

Cancer from immune cells

  • feverElevated body temperature
  • fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
  • itchingIrritating skin sensation

pruritus · classical · staging · diagnosis · prognosis · relapse · remission · biopsy · histopathology

pathology

B-cell

Antibody-secreting immune cell

cytology · granuloma · neoplasm · malignancy · immunodeficiency · pathogenesis · biopsy · microscopy

Opposites
lymphoma classification

HodgkinsNHL

Pro hockey organization

Family

Hodges, Rogers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated G