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If it's cancer, why is it called disease? Why have both common names of the condition?
Hopkins Disease is also Hopkins Lymphoma
asked by Whitney05 3 months ago
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Lisa HW says
The word, "disease", includes any pathological condition regardless of cause.
I assume that the using both names with Hodgkins Disease and Hodgkins Lymphoma would be a similar thing to using both "Lou Gherig's Disease" and "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)". One name is more of a popular-use name. The other is the medically correct term.
Just to note, there is also "Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma", which is a completely different condition.
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