Open AccessA case–control study of tobacco use and other non-occupational risk factors for lymphoma subtypes defined by t(14; 18) translocations and bcl-2 expression
Author(s) -
Cindy M. Chang,
Jane C. Schroeder,
Andrew F. Olshan,
Cherie H. Dunphy,
Wen Yi Huang,
Ralph S. Baric,
Kathleen Conway,
James R. Cerhan,
Charles F. Lynch,
Nathaniel Rothman,
Kenneth P. Cantor,
Aaron Blair
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-010-9531-8
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , case control study , oncology , population , immunology , pathology , environmental health
We re-evaluated reported associations between tobacco use and other factors and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) t(14; 18)-subtypes based on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assays believed to be more sensitive than polymerase chain reaction (PCR), previously used for detecting t(14; 18).