Screening for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Screening is a method of finding out if you have a disease before you begin to have any symptoms.

Screening Guidelines

There are no national screening guidelines for Hodgkin’s disease.

Screening Tests

There are no screening tests specific for Hodgkin's disease. However, a routine physical exam by your health care provider may identify enlarged lymph nodes, which are an early sign of Hodgkin’s disease.

Sources:

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

American Cancer Society

Goldman L. Cecil Textbook of Medicine , 21st ed. St. Louis, MO: W.B. Saunders Company; 2000: 969-976.

Rakel R. Conn's Current Therapy 2002 , 54th ed. St. Louis, MO: W.B. Saunders Company; 2002: 403-408.

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