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Is human t-lymphotropic virus 1associated with non-hodjkin lymphoma or not?

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Sometimes...: The overwhelming majority of cases of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma have evidence of HTLV-1 infection. Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is also potentially linked to this virus. On the flip-side, only 1-5% of people with HTLV-1 will develop cancer. Hope this helps!

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Answered 11/29/2015

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