Staging of Hodgkins Lymphoma

Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Hodgkins lymphoma, Hodgkins disease, Hodgkins lymphoma stages, Hodgkins disease stages, Lymph nodes, Extralymphatic site, Early-stage disease, Late–stage disease, Diagnostic tests of Hodgkins lymphoma

Written by - Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D

Medically Reviewed by - Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)

Last Updated on Jul 28, 2022

Staging of Hodgkins Lymphoma

Staging is based on the number of lymph node groups and/or organs affected by the disease.

In stage I, the disease is limited while in stage IV the disease is more rampant. The more widespread the lymphoma is, the more difficult it is to treat the disease.

Diagnostic tests helps to classify a patient according to the following four stages of Hodgkins disease -

Published on Sep 06, 2014
Last Updated on Jul 28, 2022

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leila

hello
i m going to marry with a guy that had this cancer and had stem cell tarnsplant too.i want to know that is there any danger again?i mean after BMT is it possible to come back ? thanks.

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