What are the Risk Factors for Lymphoma?
Being over the age of sixty (when the disease becomes more commonly seen) may be considered a risk factor and being obese may also contribute to the development of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Unless you developed your lymphoma from a genetic tendency towards a compromised immune system you wont pass the risk of lymphoma on to your children. Those who have been exposed to any form of radiation even in the course of treating another cancer may be at risk for developing lymphoma and chemicals like benzene or weed killer and insecticides may be implicated, but this has not been conclusively proven. Chemotherapy treatments have also been implicated in the development of the disease, but again this has not been proven. Any drug or illness that interferes with the immune system such as those used to prevent rejection after an organ transplant or the HIV virus may contribute to being at higher risk for lymphoma. The T cell virus or HTLV-1 can make you more likely to get lymphoma. This virus is comm
