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People who have HIV are at higher risk of getting lymphoma, about 100 times greater than the general population, a recent study suggests. Even after they get antiretroviral therapy, people who are HIV positive have a 10-fold higher risk of lymphoma.
A new study from Europe found that having HIV, plus a hepatitis virus (B, C, or both), further adds to the risk of lymphoma, specifically non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL).
But in a puzzling finding, the researchers learned that these HIV positive coinfected patients do not have an increased NHL risk when coinfected with hepatitis unless they are getting antiretroviral therapy.
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