Protein is easily and quickly found with urine dipstick testing. If this screening test is negative, a more precise urine test can be preformed which measures a ratio called the albumin-to-creatinine in a random urine sample.
In brief: Yes and no. Hodgkin's disease can be cured or put in remission, but may relapse months or years later. In brief: Yes and no. Hodgkin's disease can be cured or put in remission, but may relapse months or years later.
There are more than 60 different types of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the kind Hogan has, said Bruce Cheson, deputy chief of the hematology/oncology division in the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. B cells produce antibodies that fight infection throughout the body. It is the sixth-most-common form of cancer in the United States and somewhat less curable than Hodgkin's lymphoma. We cure more than 80 percent of Hodgkin's lymphoma and the numbers are moderately lower with non-Hodgkin's aggressive lymphoma,â Cheson said. The major risk in the treatment regimen is the patient becoming resistant to chemotherapy, which generally happens within two years, Rubenstein said.