Hodgkins Disease - Articles
Allogeneic transplantation for refractory or relapsed Hodgkin's
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Mark Levin
... initial complete remission, the better the outlook with any form of salvage therapy. A variety of treatment regimens have been used for patients in these groups of Hodgkin's disease. In addition to MOPP or ABVD in patients who received the opposite regimen initially, a number of other treatments have been used, including ICE chemotherapy. Unfortun ...
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Hodgkin's Survivors Prone to Bre ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
... 18 feb 2009-- In an ironic testament to the success of childhood cancer treatments, researchers report that women who were treated as children with radiation for Hodgkin's disease were almost 40 times more likely to develop breast cancer later in life."We can cure most patients now who have Hodgkin's disease. Back in 1950, it was regarded as a ...
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ASHAP for salvage for Hodgkin's
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Mark Levin
Patients with Hodgkin's disease, which is either refractory or recurs after frontline chemotherapy with MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone), ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin ...
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Tracy Nelson
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Katherine B.
... ather Dowling Mysteries". Me, I remember her from "Square Pegs" (which I've watched as an adult, it didn't age too badly). I didn't know that she was a survivor of Hodgkin's disease. She was diagnosed back in 1987 and has reportedly been in remission since. She's still working and you never know when you might see or hear her, since she's doing v ...
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Here Comes the Sun
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Julia O.
... pation. I need to remind myself, however, that I will have to enjoy the beautiful weather from the safety of my patio umbrella.It is common for people with various autoimmune diseases to be very sensitive to the effects of the sun. This very good articleby the Arthritis Foundation describes many of the problems that can result from exposure to the ...
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State reminded to get the hell out of our bodies
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Dhrumil Purohit
... when his family's attorneys and social services officials reached an agreement that would allow him to forgo chemotherapy.Abraham Cherrix, an 16 year old boy fight Hodgkin's disease, is now free to continue his alternative treatment including an organic diet and Hoxsey therapy. Earlier this year a social worker, who discovered what the boy was doi ...
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You may have noticed that the ti...
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Sally N.
... some way, shape, or form are a community. It is not an identity people want to have, but soon learn the life lessons involved. I’ve received emails from people with Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia and ovarian cancer – all of them have blown me away. Plus, I can never forget the impact little Harrison made on my life as he fought, like the warrior he wa ...
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Baby Born From 21 Year Old Sperm
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Deborah Lloyd
... ars. The other record holder baby was born in August 2008 and was also a girl. Her father froze his sperm when he was twenty-four before undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. Childhood cancer treatment has improved dramatically resulting in a greater number of survivors. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy may cause temporary or permanent ...
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Prostate cancer risk in HIV-infected men
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Dr. Arnon K.
... s was NOT good. By 2003:Anal cancer had become 59 times more common among HIV-infected people than in the general population.Vaginal cancer was 21 times more common.Hodgkin’s disease was 18 times more common.Liver cancers were seven times more common.Lung cancer 3.6 times more common.The skin cancer melanoma and throat cancer (esophageal cancer) we ...
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