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Risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma according to family history of haematolymphoproliferative malignancies
Author(s) -
Kangmin Zhu,
Robert S. Levine,
Edward A. Brann,
Yuan Gu,
Lee Caplan,
Irene Hall,
Marianna K. Baum
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.4.818
Subject(s) - lymphoma , hodgkin lymphoma , medicine , family history , oncology
Aetiological profiles of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) may differ depending upon whether the disease is inheritance-related or sporadic. Because familial risk (a probable surrogate of inheritance-relatedness) of NHL is influenced by haematolymphoproliferative malignancies (HLPM), we evaluated whether non-familial risk factors differ between NHL with and without a family history of HLPM, using the Selected Cancers Study data.

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