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Date Submitted:
12/11/07
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Hepatitis C Infection Ups Lymphoma Risk
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People with the liver disease hepatitis C face a higher risk of developing lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, new research suggests. Overall, the risk is almost 30 percent higher, but for a certain type of lymphoma called Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, the risk is almost 300 percent higher, according to the study.
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