A.S. was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin disease and scheduled for a staging procedure. His previous axillary lymph node biopsy result was positive for Reed-Sternberg cells. The surgeon charted results of the staging procedure as “stage I.”   2. How does Hodgkin lymphoma spread in the body, and what does “stage I”  signify for A.S.?

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A.S. was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin disease and scheduled for a staging procedure. His previous axillary lymph node biopsy result was positive for Reed-Sternberg cells. The surgeon charted results of the staging procedure as “stage I.”

 

2. How does Hodgkin lymphoma spread in the body, and what does “stage I”  signify for A.S.?

 

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