Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been associated now with several diseases of autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren's syndrome. This association is probably due to the disease process itself rather than to the treatment we give for these conditions and may well be due to impaired host defence mechanisms against oncogenic viruses. This is not to say, however, that immunosuppressive treatment is entirely blameless.