Is lymphoma contagious through sexual contact?

Submitted by bobo Thu 10/08/2009

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No. You can't 'catch'

Submitted by Ross Bonander on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 19:30.

No. You can't 'catch' lymphoma. That's not to say no cancer is contagious; the HPV virus is spread through sexual contact and can lead to uterine cancer in women, for instance. But that's a different thing altogether.

There are however infections you can 'catch' that raise your risk factors for developing an NHL. They are:

1. HIV
2. Epstein-Barr virus
3. The HTLV-1 virus (human t-cell lymphoma virus)
4. Helicobacter pylori, associated with MALT lymphomas.

Hope this helps.

Ross

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