Male cancer patient in hospital plays a video game

Credit: SIMON FRASER/ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY, NEWCASTLE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Cancer patient. Hospital nurse plays a computer video game with an 18 year old male cancer patient. The patient has Hodgkin's lymphoma. He has received anticancer treatment, with subsequent loss of his hair. The computer game acts as a relaxing therapy between treatments. Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rare cancer in the lymphoid tissue. Treatment may include radiotherapy, anticancer drugs, and bone marrow transplant.

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Keywords: as therapy, cancer, cancer patient, computer game, hair loss, hodgkin's, hodgkin's disease, nurse, patient, therapy, video game

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