CORRECTION: Heavy antibiotic linked to increased lymphoma
22nd Nov 2005, 17:20 GMT
Recasts headline, and clarifies that infection rather than antibiotics per se may raise NHL risk. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using antibiotics more than 10 times during adulthood is associated with an increased likelihood of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that affects the body's lymphatic system, new research suggests. The researchers believe, however, that heavy antibiotic use is a marker of increased susceptibility to infection, and it is probably this rather than antibiotics themselves that gives rise to the increased lymphoma risk. Dr.
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