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stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma (... HOJ-kin lim-FOH-muh)

 The cancer is found in at least one organ other than the lymph nodes and may be in the lymph nodes near the organ(s); or the cancer is found in one organ other than the lymph nodes and has spread to lymph nodes far away from the organ.

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