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Is smokimh cause lymphoma?
Is the smoking causes lymphoma?
My friend had one year of smoking history he had smoked 1 cigrt a day
Plz help me
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Dr. Abhishek Soni
Radiation Oncologist
13 yrs exp
Rohtak
smoking does all the bad things to body including tumors and lymphomas..no dose is safe...even years after quitting you may get cancer due to smoking
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quit smoking
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Dr. M.Ponraj
Medical Oncologist
13 yrs exp
Palakkad
Smoking will increase risk of majority of cancer( like lung, bladder, stomach, esophagus) and recent evidence showed increase risk of lymphoma. Better to quit smoking
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Dr. Archana Prathipati
Radiation Oncologist
14 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Recent evidence suggests that smoking increases risk of certain lymphomas and it transforms some low grade lymphomas to high grade lymphomas...hence quit smoking ...
Why you are asking specially about lymphoma..
Do you have any palpable swellings..
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