YouAreHere:Home→HealthTopics→HodgkinDiseaseURLofthispage:https://medlineplus.gov/hodgkindisease.htmlHodgkinDiseaseAlsocalled:HodgkinlymphomaOnthispageBasicsSummaryStartHereDiagnosisandTestsPreventionandRiskFactorsTreatmentsandTherapiesLearnMoreLivingWithRelatedIssuesSee,PlayandLearnNolinksavailableResearchStatisticsandResearchClinicalTrialsJournalArticlesResourcesFindanExpertForYouChildrenTeenagersPatientHandoutsSummaryHodgkindiseaseisatypeoflymphoma.Lymphomaisacancerofapartoftheimmunesystemcalledthelymphsystem.ThefirstsignofHodgkindiseaseisoftenanenlargedlymphnode.Thediseasecanspreadtonearbylymphnodes.Lateritmayspreadtothelungs,liver,orbonemarrow.Theexactcauseisunknown.Hodgkindiseaseisrare.SymptomsincludePainlessswellingofthelymphnodesintheneck,armpits,orgroinFeverandchillsNightsweatsWeightlossLossofappetiteItchyskinTodiagnoseHodgkindisease,doctorsuseaphysicalexamandhistory,bloodtests,andabiopsy.Treatmentdependsonhowfarthediseasehasspread.Itoftenincludesradiationtherapyorchemotherapy.Theearlierthediseaseisdiagnosed,themoreeffectivethetreatment.Inmostcases,Hodgkindiseasecanbecured.NIH:NationalCancerInstituteStartHereGeneralInformationaboutAdultHodgkinLymphoma(NationalCancerInstitute)AlsoinSpanishHodgkin'sLymphoma(MayoFoundationforMedicalEducationandResearch)WhatIsHodgkinDisease?(AmericanCancerSociety)AlsoinSpanishDiagnosisandTestsBloodCountTests:MedlinePlusHealthTopic(NationalLibraryofMedicine)AlsoinSpanishBoneMarrowTest(NationalLibraryofMedicine)AlsoinSpanishHowIsHodgkinDiseaseDiagnosed?(AmericanCancerSociety)AlsoinSpanishNeedleBiopsy(MayoFoundationforMedicalEducationandResearch)AlsoinSpanishPDL1(Immunotherapy)Tests(NationalLibraryofMedicine)AlsoinSpanishStagesofAdultHodgkinLymphoma(NationalCancerInstitute)AlsoinSpanishStagesofChildhoodHodgkinLymphoma(NationalCancerInstitute)AlsoinSpanishPreventionandRiskFactorsWhatAretheRiskFactorsforHodgkinDisease?(AmericanCancerSociety)AlsoinSpanishTreatmentsandTherapiesBoneMarrowTransplantation:MedlinePlusHealthTopic(NationalLi