Hey Rebecca,

I am sorry to hear about your issues with finding new areas. But the important thing is that they were found and treated. You are in my thoughts.

I have been thinking about this issue. I finished R-CHOP for follicular lymphoma in January 2023. Since then I have had squamous cell carcinoma on my scalp and am currently scheduling a biopsy for what may be lung cancer. The thoracic surgeon said my lymphoma raised the chances that the spot on my lung might be cancer to the same level as a smoker. I've never smoked or lived with a smoker. It's frustrating to live with a condition (FL) that won't kill me by itself, but that opens me up to a lot of things that might.

Hi Rebecca, I have had 4 squamous cell cancers, however I did a lot of sun especially growing up in California and living in Hawaii (no sunscreen back at that time). Is this attributed to the sun or having lymphoma? Hard to say but for me the moral of the story is to wear sunscreen!

Yes Rebecca lymphoma can be associated with very rare childhood syndromes , as well as certain toxic chemical exposure .
The treatment can rarely induce a second cancer , ie leukemia, mylodyspastic, syndrome , rarely sarcoma in irradiated areas as well as rarely breast .
These are rare,
It comes down to cost benefit analysis , The rarely induced cancers can be screened for .The cost of not treating lymphoma is much worse that the unlikely possibility of developing a second cancer