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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk Factors

Investigators at Northwestern University, Department of Preventive Medicine zero in on non-hodgkin lymphoma risk factors

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

Data detailed in 'Sun exposure and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based, case-control study' have been presented. "To investigate the association between sun exposure and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) by histologic subtypes and to explore whether or not vitamin D intake modify sun-NHL association, we analysed data from a population-based, case-control study conducted in Nebraska between 1999 and 2002. Information on sun exposure during the spring, summer, fall and winter was collected from 387 cases and 535 controls by telephone interview," scientists in the United States report.

"We found no association between seasonal sun exposure and risk of NHL. Vitamin D...

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