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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffThere don't seem to be any consistent risk factors for Castleman disease, except for having HIV/AIDS. The disease can affect anyone — adults and children, men and women. The average age of people with unicentric Castleman disease is around 30 or 40. Most people with the multicentric form are in their 50s and 60s.
References
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- Castleman disease. American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003093-pdf.pdf. Accessed July 19, 2011.
- About Castleman's disease. International Castleman's Disease Organization. http://www.castlemans.org/ICDO_booklet_v3.pdf. Accessed July 19, 2011.
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- Bandera B, et al. Treatment of unicentric Castleman disease with neoadjuvant rituximab. Chest. 2010;138:1239.
- Reddy D, et al. HIV-associated multicentric Castleman disease. Current Opinion in Oncology. In press. Accessed [month day, 2011]. Accessed July 19, 2011.
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