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The medical name for lymphoma is lymphoma. When evaluated among all cancers, the detection rate of lymphoma is around 5%. It occurs as a result of excessive proliferation of blood cells called lymphocytes in the lymph nodes. Malignant lymphocytes can also proliferate in the spleen, liver, bone marrow and other organs in addition to the lymph nodes. Lymph node cancer is medically divided into two groups: Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is the more common type of lymph cancer. There are subtypes of both types of lymphoma. These are important because they determine the course of the disease and treatment.