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Patients with Lymphoma and CLL Are at Increased Risk of Lung Cancer

MesotheliomaResearchers from Wayne State University have reported that patients with Hodgkins lymphoma (HL), non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have a 30-300% increased risk of developing lung cancer compared with controls without these diseases. The details of this study were reported at the 2008 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, May 30-June 2

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