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Young Hodgkin Survivors Face Later Risk of Second Cancers --Thyroid, Breast, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Were Most Common

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SUNDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- People who survived Hodgkin disease when they were children or adolescents are much more likely than other people to develop certain cancers, says a new study.

Hodgkin disease (HD), a cancer of the lymph nodes, has a cure rate of more than 90 percent, but survivors may be at future risk of developing second cancers other than HD, according to background information in the study.