Amyloidosis is considered rare but has an incidence similar to that of Hodgkin's disease and chronic granulocytic leukemia. The diagnosis should be considered in any patient with unexplained nephrotic-range proteinuria, heart failure, peripheral neuropathy, or hepatomegaly. If a monoclonal protein is ...
Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and squamous cell carcinoma are among the malignancies seen with increased frequency in patients infected with HIV. The outlook for patients with these malignancies has improved significantly with the utilization of highly active antiretroviral...
It has been shown recently that allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be considered as a clinical option in the treatment of refractory and relapsed Hodgkin's disease. However, potent T-cell immuno-suppression predisposes to the development of post-transplant lymphoproliferative ...
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The initial studies that led to the cure of Hodgkin's disease and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas set a paradigm of cancer treatment broadly applicable to a number of malignancies. In recent times our knowledge of the biology of the Immune system has clarified the origin of subsets of ...