Tattoos May Increase Risk of Lymphoma by 21 Percent, Study Finds

Published on May 28, 2024

Getting a tattoo is correlated to developing a rare type of blood cancer—regardless of the size of the tattoo, a new study has found. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden said that tattoos may increase the risk of developing lymphoma by 21 percent. They analyzed 11,905 participants, including 2,938 who had lymphoma, between the ages of 20 and 60. They asked those with lymphoma and those without cancer to complete a questionnaire about whether they had tattoos. “After taking into account other relevant factors, such as smoking and age, we found that the risk of developing lymphoma was 21 percent higher among those who were tattooed,” Dr. Christel Nielsen, study author and a professor at Lund University, said in a release issued by the college....

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