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Genomes and GenesSpecies | E V WillettSummaryAffiliation: University of York Country: UK Publications
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and obesity: a pooled analysis from the InterLymph ConsortiumEleanor V Willett
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
Int J Cancer 122:2062-70. 2008....
Obesity and the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma (United Kingdom)Eleanor V Willett
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, UK
Cancer Causes Control 17:1103-6. 2006..The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and obesity...
Tobacco and alcohol consumption and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaEleanor V Willett
Department of Health Sciences, Leukaemia Research Fund Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, York YO105DD, UK
Cancer Causes Control 15:771-80. 2004..The aim was to test whether non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is associated with smoking or alcohol...
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, obesity and energy homeostasis polymorphismsE V Willett
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, UK
Br J Cancer 93:811-6. 2005..5-1.0) and increased with LEP -2548GA (OR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.0-1.7) and -2548AA (OR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.0-1.9), particularly for follicular lymphoma. These genetic findings, which were independent of BMI, were stronger for men than women...
Hodgkin's lymphoma and infection: findings from a UK case-control studyR Newton
Department of Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, University of York, Area 3 Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Br J Cancer 97:1310-4. 2007..02). This excess was not due to a specific infection(s) and may reflect underlying immune abnormality. Alternatively, infection may cause B-cell proliferation from which a malignant clone may evolve...
Does smoking or alcohol modify the risk of Epstein-Barr virus-positive or -negative Hodgkin lymphoma?Eleanor V Willett
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Epidemiology 18:130-6. 2007..The aim was to investigate whether 2 subgroups of Hodgkin lymphoma (Epstein-Barr virus-positive and Epstein-Barr virus-negative) are associated with smoking or alcohol...
Birth order and sibship size: evaluation of the role of selection bias in a case-control study of non-Hodgkin's lymphomaF K Mensah
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 166:717-23. 2007..However, the findings suggest that between-study heterogeneity could be explained by selection biases that influence the demographic characteristics of participants...
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and family history of hematologic malignancyF K Mensah
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Am J Epidemiol 165:126-33. 2007..Given these reservations, they consider how future epidemiologic studies may contribute to further understanding the role of familial susceptibility in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...
Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with polymorphisms in folate-metabolizing genesTracy J Lightfoot
Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Area 3, Seebohm Rowntree Building YO10 5DD, York, United Kingdom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2999-3003. 2005..Thus, further investigations are warranted in larger series with dietary information to determine the roles that genetics and folic acid status play in the etiology of lymphoma...
Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and acute leukaemia: analysis of a case-control studyE V Willett
Leukaemia Research Fund Epidemiology and Genetics Unit, Margaret Smith Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Occup Environ Med 60:577-83. 2003..To investigate whether the risk of acute leukaemia among adults is associated with occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields...
RAG1 and BRCA2 polymorphisms in non-Hodgkin lymphomaKathryn Scott
Blood 109:5522-3. 2007
Genetic polymorphisms in microsomal epoxide hydrolase and susceptibility to adult acute myeloid leukaemia with defined cytogenetic abnormalitiesPierre Lebailly
Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Epidemiology and Health Services Research, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK
Br J Haematol 116:587-94. 2002....
Alcohol consumption and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a pooled analysisLindsay M Morton
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Lancet Oncol 6:469-76. 2005..Further study designs are needed to determine whether confounding lifestyle factors or immunomodulatory effects of alcohol explain this association...
Cigarette smoking and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a pooled analysis from the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (interlymph)Lindsay M Morton
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conneticut, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:925-33. 2005....
Personal sun exposure and risk of non Hodgkin lymphoma: a pooled analysis from the Interlymph ConsortiumAnne Kricker
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Cancer 122:144-54. 2008..Increased recreational sun exposure may protect against NHL...
Poor metabolizer status at the cytochrome P450 2C9 and 2D6 loci does not modulate susceptibility to therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemiaPhilippa L Roddam
Br J Haematol 121:192-4. 2003
Polymorphisms in innate immunity genes and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaMatthew S Forrest
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Br J Haematol 134:180-3. 2006..8), whereas the toll-like receptor 4 1063A>G variant allele was inversely associated with diffuse large cell lymphoma (OR = 0.67, 95% CI 0.45-0.99). These results suggest that variation in innate immune genes may alter NHL susceptibility...
