<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Joe, Did I miss something... is lymphoma considered to be an *auto*immune disease? Is cancer in general considered an autoimmune response? The textbook I bought for my birthday on Immunology ( Essential Immunology by Ivan Roitt) did not include cancers in its two chapters on autoimmunity, but it mentioned lymphoma in its chapter on tumor immunology. What is the distinction? Are there any studies out there linking celiac with other autoimmune diseases? This Roitt book did say that if you have had one autoimmune disease you were more likely to get another. I wonder where he was getting that information. Any ideas? Thanks! Susan Owens Ps. Listmates in general, If there is any interest, I'd be glad to generate a list of the autoimmune illnesses mentioned in Roitt's book. My dad also has pernicious anemia, and I was unaware until I saw that chart that it was considered an autoimmune disease.