Previous Hodgkin lymphoma and primary myelofibrosis diagnoses were associated with a subsequent identification of multiple myeloma, while the overall incidence rates of previous cancers were not found to be increased for these patients, according to data published in the European Journal of Haematology.
“We demonstrate that the overall incidence of previous cancers in [patients with multiple myeloma] is not greater than in an age-matched control cohort,” wrote the investigators. “We found significant associations between Hodgkin lymphoma and primary myelofibrosis and the subsequent development of [multiple myeloma]. With regards to [second primary malignancies], the well-known increased risk for [acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (AML/MDS)] is further underlined by our study.”
To further specify, the data found diagnoses of Hodgkin lymphoma (odds ratio [OR], 3.66;…
