Study Examines Second Cancer Risk Among Hairy Cell Leukemia Survivors

... Survivors of a rare cancer called hairy cell leukemia are at an increased risk of Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and thyroid cancer, and at an increased risk of death from leukemia and lymphoma, according to a new study. However, the absolute risk of those second cancers is small.Hairy cell leukemia is a malignancy of a type of white blood cell called B lymphocytes. [click link for full article] ...