Hodgkin's Disease

Epidemiology of Hodgkin's disease; pathophysiology of Hodgkin's disease - functional and molecular aspects; immunology of Hodgkin's disease; pathology and molecular histology of Hodgkin's disease and the border to non-Hodgkin lymphomas; diagnostic procedures; historical perspective and clinical presentation; management of early stage Hodgkin's disease - the role of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy; treatment or Hodgkin's disease - the role of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy in the intermediate stages; treatment of Hodgkin's disease - the role of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy in advanced stages; treatment of relapsed Hodgkin's disease; future treatment strategies - fact or fiction?; treatment sequelae and quailty of life; new antigens in Hodgkin's disease; Hodgkin's disease in children.