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 * ** ===Treatments for the Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===Hodgkin's disease is much easier and simple to cure compared to the non-Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===Chemotherapy===
 * ===Chemotherapy is the most widely used therapy.===
 * ===Radiations===
 * ===Radiations are rarely used because it can cause leukemia later.===
 * ===Surgeries===
 * ===It is able to do the surgery if the lymphoma occured only in specific places===
 * ===Treatments for the non-Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===The non-Hodgkin's disease is harder to cure than the non-Hodkin's disease, and has higher possibility of getting leukemia.===
 * ===Chemotherapy===
 * ===Uses more variable medicines than the non-Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===Radiations===
 * ===Treating with __only__ radiations can cause serious leukemia: in 50% of chance.===
 * ===Surgeries===
 * ===Surgeries used only if the lymphoma occured in specific places.===
 * ===Like other type of cancers, the lymphoma also divides into stage one to four.===
 * ===Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===1-2 stage: 70-80% of chance stay alive for 2 years===
 * ===3-4 stage: 20-50% of chance stay alive for 2 years===
 * ===Non Hodgkin's disease===
 * ===1-2 stage: 60-70% of chance stay alive for 2 years===
 * ===3-4 stage: 30-40% of chance stay alive for 2 years===

Why radiation therapy can be dangerous for lymphoma patients?
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