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SUBMITTER: Bowen EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4984855 | biostudies-other | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bowen Emily M EM Pfeiffer Ruth M RM Linet Martha S MS Liu Wayne T WT Weisenburger Dennis D DD Freedman D Michal DM Cahoon Elizabeth K EK
British journal of cancer 20160218 7
<h4>Background</h4>There are few modifiable risk factors for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), the most common cancer among young adults in Western populations. Some studies have found a reduced risk with exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), but findings have been inconsistent and limited to HL as a group or the most common subtypes.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated UVR and incidence of HL subtypes using data from 15 population-based cancer registries in the United States from 2001 to 2010 (n=20 021). Groun ...[more]