ArticleJournal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs2014
Medical history, lifestyle, family history, and occupational risk factors for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: the InterLymph Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project.
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- The relationship between physical activity and lymphoma: a systematic review and meta analysis.BMC cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Rationale and Design of the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2014Pooled it
- Etiologic heterogeneity among non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes: the InterLymph Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2014Pooled it
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- Familial clusters and clinical features, complications, and outcomes in 1000 patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia.Blood advances · 2026Article
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- The epidemiology of Waldenström macroglobulinemia.Seminars in hematology · 2023Review
- Etiology of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A review from epidemiologic studies.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2022Review
- Body size and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by subtype: A pooled analysis from six prospective cohorts in the United States.British journal of haematology · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Cause-specific mortality in individuals with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia, 2000-2016.British journal of haematology · 2020Article
- Shared Medical and Environmental Risk Factors in Dry Eye Syndrome, Sjogren's Syndrome, and B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case-Control Study.Journal of immunology research · 2019Article
- Two high-risk susceptibility loci at 6p25.3 and 14q32.13 for Waldenström macroglobulinemia.Nature communications · 2018Article
- Notes from the Field: Evaluation of a Perceived Cluster of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Among Workers at a Natural Gas Company - Illinois, 2014.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2017Article
- Integrating understanding of epidemiology and genomics in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a pathway to novel management strategies.Discovery medicine · 2016Review
- Hepatitis B and C viruses and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case-control study in Italy.Infectious agents and cancer · 2016Article
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia: biology, genetics, and therapy.Blood and lymphatic cancer : targets and therapy · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundLymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (LPL/WM), a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype, shows strong familial aggregation and a positive association with chronic immune stimulation, but evidence regarding other risk factors is very limited.
methodsThe International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph) pooled data from 11 predominantly population-based case-control studies from North America, Europe, and Australia to examine medical history, lifestyle, family history, and occupational risk factors for LPL/WM. Age-, sex-, race/ethnicity-, and study-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using logistic regression for a total of 374 LPL/WM cases and 23 096 controls.
resultsIn multivariate analysis including all putative risk factors, LPL/WM risk was associated with history of Sjögren's syndrome (OR = 14.0, 95% CI = 3.60 to 54.6), systemic lupus erythematosus (OR = 8.23, 95% CI = 2.69 to 25.2), hay fever (OR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.54 to 0.99), positive hepatitis C serology (OR = 2.51, 95% CI = 1.03 to 6.17), hematologic malignancy in a first-degree relative (OR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.02 to 2.64), adult weight (OR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.44 to 0.85 for highest vs. lowest quartile), duration of cigarette smoking (OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.04 to 2.05 for ≥ 40 years vs. nonsmokers), and occupation as a medical doctor (OR = 5.54, 95% CI = 2.19 to 14.0). There was no association with other medical conditions, lifestyle factors, or occupations.
conclusionsThis pooled analysis confirmed associations with immune conditions and family history of hematologic malignancy, and identified new associations with hay fever, weight, smoking, and occupation, and no association with other lifestyle factors. These findings offer clues to LPL/WM biology and prevention.
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