This up-to-date and comprehensive DVD-ROM disc provides a superb collection of authoritative documents from the nation"s cancer experts on childhood childhood Hodgkin lymphoma: causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, lab tests, treatment and management options, and ongoing clinical research. Every aspect of this cancer is thoroughly covered. For patients, families, and caregivers, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents, with valuable tips and helpful advice. For medical professionals, doctor references and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. Over twenty major types of pediatric cancers and tumors are fully covered, giving you the information and resources you need, including sources of help and support. Childhood Hodgkin lymphoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the lymph system. There are two types of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma. Age, gender, and Epstein-Barr virus infection can affect the risk of developing childhood Hodgkin lymphoma. Possible signs of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma include swollen lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Tests that examine the lymph system are used to detect (find) and diagnose childhood Hodgkin lymphoma. Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options. Childhood Hodgkin lymphoma is one of the few pediatric malignancies that shares aspects of its biology and natural history with an adult cancer. When treatment approaches for children were modeled after those used for adults, substantial morbidities (primarily musculoskeletal growth inhibition) resulted from the unacceptably high radiation doses. Thus, new strategies utilizing chemotherapy and lower-dose radiation were developed. Approximately 90% to 95% of children with Hodgkin lymphoma can be cured, prompting increased attention to devising nonmorbid therapy for these patients. Contemporary treatment programs use a risk-adapted approach in which patients receive multiagent chemotherapy with or without low-dose involved-field irradiation. Prognostic factors used in determining chemotherapy intensity include stage, presence or absence of B symptoms and/or bulk disease. The option of omitting radiation following chemotherapy is only considered in patients achieving complete response to initial chemotherapy. Utilizing the huge capacity of the DVD-ROM disc, disease-specific coverage is supplemented with a comprehensive multimedia cancer and health encyclopedia, featuring hundreds of reports, guides and audio podcasts on a wide variety of cancer and health issues of critical importance to cancer patients. There is extensive coverage of the broad subject of cancer and its prevention and treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, advanced treatments, managing side effects). Documents and material from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Medline, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) are included. Supplemental coverage includes: Clinical Trials Background Information, Workbook; In-Depth Program; Clinical Trials at NIH; How To Find A Cancer Treatment Trial; Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies; Access to Investigational Drugs; Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer; Facing Forward - Life After Cancer Treatment; When Someone You Love Is Being Treated For Cancer; Living Beyond Cancer: Finding a New Balance; Caring for the Caregiver; Young People With Cancer, A Handbook For Parents; When Cancer Returns; When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer / Support for Caregivers; Chemotherapy; Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects; Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment, more.