Letters

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and solar ultraviolet radiation

EDITOR,--Graham Bentham confirms known geographical patterns when he reports a positive association between the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and ambient solar ultraviolet radiation in England and Wales.^{1 2} His results conflict with those from the United States, where a negative association was reported,³ further fuelling the debate over whether exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. If there is a positive association then those people working in outdoor occupations might be expected to be at increased risk of this malignancy.

We examined the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among people judged to spend most of their working day outdoors, using one of the largest population based cancer registration datasets in the world. The data and methodology have been fully described elsewhere.⁴ Briefly, occupational information was available on 252 663 men and 119 227 women registered as having cancer in England between 1981 and 1987. Ten . . . [Full text of this article]

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    StumbleUpon    Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Article

Association between incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and solar ultraviolet radiation in England and Wales

Graham Bentham
BMJ 1996 312: 1128-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text]

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Boffetta, P., van der Hel, O., Kricker, A., Nieters, A., de Sanjose, S., Maynadie, M., Cocco, P. L., Staines, A., Becker, N., Font, R., Mannetje, A. t, Goumas, C., Brennan, P. (2008). Exposure to ultraviolet radiation and risk of malignant lymphoma and multiple myeloma--a multicentre European case-control study. Int J Epidemiol 37: 1080-1094 [Abstract] [Full text]  
• Smedby, K. E., Hjalgrim, H., Melbye, M., Torrang, A., Rostgaard, K., Munksgaard, L., Adami, J., Hansen, M., Porwit-MacDonald, A., Jensen, B. A., Roos, G., Pedersen, B. B., Sundstrom, C., Glimelius, B., Adami, H.-O. (2005). Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Risk of Malignant Lymphomas. JNCI J Natl Cancer Inst 97: 199-209 [Abstract] [Full text]  
• Groves, F. D., Linet, M. S., Travis, L. B., Devesa, S. S. (2000). Cancer Surveillance Series: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Incidence by Histologic Subtype in the United States From 1978 Through 1995. JNCI J Natl Cancer Inst 92: 1240-1251 [Abstract] [Full text]