[deleted] t1_j7rk09j wrote
Reply to comment by Aardbeienshake in Does having autoimmune disorder (atopic disease in my mind, but also otherwise) lead to an increased risk of immune cell cancer? by MoBuckeye
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sciguy52 t1_j7s5i0o wrote
Not more than anyone else for the most part. 80% of the adult population has the EBV virus inside them whether they know it (by having had mono) or not (young people can be asymptomatic. EBV related cancers are more typical for people with immune suppression of some sort like drugs associated with an organ transplant, AIDS, or drugs used to treat autoimmune disease. That is when you see a higher incidence of these EBV associated cancers.
Aardbeienshake t1_j7s92eb wrote
No, don't think so. Many of the people who develop lymphoma have had mono, but not the other way around: the vast majority with mono will not develop any lymphoma.
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