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September 12, 2018

Corticosteroid Use May Cause Bone Side Effects in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients, Study Suggests

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Corticosteroid use is among the risk factors leading to osteonecrosis — a painful, bone-disrupting condition — in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients, a large retrospective analysis shows. Given that no proven interventions ... Read more

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018

Lymphoma, Breast Cancer Patients Have Higher Risk of Heart Failure, Study Shows

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Breast cancer and lymphoma patients and survivors are 3.6 times more likely to develop heart failure than patients who did not have cancer, a study by researchers at the Mayo ... Read more

September 12, 2017

Transplant Recipients Account for 3% of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Cases in Children, Study Finds

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Nearly three out of every 100 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in American children and adolescents occurs in those who received an organ transplant, a study reports. The research showed that the ... Read more

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

Chest Radiation Therapy Increases Risk of Severe Coronary Artery Disease in Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients

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A Dutch study found that Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received chest irradiation are more likely to develop severe coronary artery disease (CAD) 20 years after treatment than those without Hodgkin lymphoma or ... Read more

August 10, 2016September 12, 2016

What You Need to Know About Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

In 2015, findings from a study showed that doing intense physical activity throughout one’s lifetime could lower the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). With this video by Cancer GPS, listen as Dr. Bayard L. Powell, of Wake ... Read more

February 10, 2016March 2, 2016

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – What You Need to Know

In this video by Cancer GPS, watch “world-renowned specialist Bayard L. Powell, M.D., of Wake Forest Baptist Health discuss non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the risk factors, diagnosis, staging, treatment and prognosis.” ... Read more

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015

Risk Factors for Melanoma in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Identified

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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute have discovered risk factors for melanoma in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The report, titled “Risk Factors for Melanoma Among Survivors of Non-Hodgkin ... Read more