Anaplastic large cell lymphoma risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

Overview

There are no established risk factors for anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Risk Factors

There are no real established risk factors for anaplastic large cell lymphoma, but the following are some known predisposing factors:

• Male predominance
• 2;5 translocation in the subtypes of Anaplastic large cell lymphoma