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This page tells you about surgery for Hodgkin's lymphoma. There is information about
Surgery for Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Surgery is not really used as a treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. We have included it here because you may have an operation to remove a lymph node for testing (biopsy).
For a lymph node biopsy your doctor removes a lymph node under local or general anaesthetic and sends it to the laboratory. This is a very small operation. Usually the only after effects are a few stitches. It will take a week to 10 days to heal. Then a nurse will take the stitches out.
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Surgery is not really used as a treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease). The main treatments are chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But we have included a page on surgery in this section because you may have an operation to remove a lymph node for testing (biopsy).
There is detailed information about lymph node biopsy on the page about tests for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Your doctor removes a swollen lymph node under local or general anaesthetic and sends it to the laboratory. A pathologist looks at the lymph node under the microscope to see if it contains Hodgkin's lymphoma cells. This is a very small operation. Usually the only after effects are a few stitches and the biopsy area may be bruised and swollen. It will take a week to 10 days to heal and for the bruising and swelling to go down. A nurse then takes the stitches out. You may be asked to go back to the hospital or to go to your GP surgery to have this done.
You will need to begin your treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma soon after your biopsy.
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