Hodgkin's disease. Light micrograph of a section through lymphatic tissue in Hodgkin's disease. The disease is a type of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes). It is differentiated from other lymphomas by the large binucleate (having two nuclei) cells (Sternberg-Reed cells, several at upper right) in the lymph nodes. Treatment combines surgery, drug therapy and radiotherapy. Early treatment is usually successful. Magnification unknown.