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 Hodgkin's Disease

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Risk Factors

There are a few risk factors that are associated with Hodgkin's disease. However, many cases have none of these risks. For those risk-associated cases, it is impossible to determine the influence of those risks on disease development. They are:

  • Being in young or late adulthood
  • Being male
  • Being infected with the Epstein-Barr virus
  • Having a first-degree relative (parent, brother or sister) with Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Immune deficiency states due to AIDS, medications to prevent organ transplant rejection or a congenital immune deficiency syndrome

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This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.


 
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