Hodgkin lymphoma is named after Dr Thomas Hodgkin who was the first person to document lymphoma in scientific papers in 1832.
Later in the 19th and early 20th centuries two scientists named Reed and Sternberg looked at examples of Hodgkin lymphoma under the microscope. They found that there was a particular cell present in all cases. This became known as the 'Reed-Sternberg cell'.
A lymphoma is called Hodgkin lymphoma if the Reed-Sternberg cell is seen under the microscope. Hodgkin lymphoma can occur at any age, although most people diagnosed are between the ages of 15 and 35 or 55 and over.
Around 1500 people are diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma each year in the UK. Hodgkin lymphoma affects more men than women.
Hodgkin lymphoma is now very successfully treated, and the majority of people with it will be completely cured.
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