Mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a type of Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of lymph cells. About 15-30% of all individuals suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the western world have this type. The proportion of patients with this type of Hodgkin’s is higher in other parts of the world, including Asia. In some populations, it is the most common type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s can occur at any age, unlike other types of lymphoma. It is also equally common in men and women.
The main symptoms of mixed cellularity disease are enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, armpits and the abdomen. Involvement of nodes or other organs in the abdomen is very common with this type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The diagnosis of lymphoma is made with a lymph node biopsy.
Many individuals with this lymphoma are diagnosed with advanced stage disease, involving lymph nodes on both in the upper part of the body and in the abdomen. Treatment of mixed cellularity Hodgkin's lymphoma includes chemotherapy and often radiation therapy as well.
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Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology 7th Edition. Editors: VT DeVita, S Hellman and SA Rosenberg. Published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005.
