1 in 3 people develop cancer at some point in their lives, so it is not surprising that some people with autoimmune diseases will also get cancer. Generally if you have an autoimmune disease you are not more likely to get cancer than other people. But some studies have reported certain types of cancer developing in people who have particular autoimmune diseases. For example, people who have coeliac disease have a higher risk of non Hodgkin's lymphoma and men who have a treatment called PUVA for psoriasis can have a higher risk of penile cancer.
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