Glossary

Selected words and phrases

benign – not harmful.

Hodgkins disease (HD) – a type of lymphoma (lymph cancer).

IM (intra-muscular) – injecting into a muscle. See IV (intravenous) and SC (sub-cutaneous).

immune system – the system that your body uses to fight infections.

resistance – when the genetic structure of an organism (virus, bacteria, fungi etc) changes in a way that stops a drug from working. See mutation.

Changing treatment and drug resistance.