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My grandmother has indolent non-hodgkin's lymphoma. is this a risk factor for me. or is it only when a parent has it. ?
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Low risk: Non Hodgkin's lymphoma, like most cancers, has a slight tendency to run in families. However, it's mostly just random chance that leads to the combination of mutations that cause the disease. Even identical twins are not at very high risk if the other gets it. So I would not worry about a history in grandparents.
Answered 11/13/2015
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