What is the difference between Non Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease?

Both diseases are lymphomas, a type of cancer that originates in a subset of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The difference between Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's is in the specific lymphocytes involved.

In Hodgkin's disease, also called Hodgkin's lymphoma, the abnormal lymphocyte involved is the Reed-Sternberg cell (B lymphocyte). This particular lymphocyte isn't found in other types of lymphomas, so they are called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. There are more than 30 different kinds of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Here is the site with the best info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
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