A form of malignant lymphoma distinguished from Hodgkin's disease only by the absence of binucleate giant cells.
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-  Patients should be warned of the possible development of malignant hematologic diseases such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during therapy.
 -  Both Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occur in children.
 -  The cancers under study are soft tissue sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
 -  Follicular lymphoma is the second most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 -  These are known as Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.