Population-based family study of follicular lymphoma

Follicular lymphoma is the second most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults. The environmental and genetic factors that influence the susceptibility of this cancer are not completely understood. This is a large-scale population-based family case-control study of follicular lymphoma in NSW and Victoria. We are collecting valid, reliable estimates of lifetime personal exposure to selected risk factors and sampling saliva for genotyping studies. We are also ascertaining and validating case pedigrees and collecting tissue specimens and clinical information. We will examine the relationship between environmental exposures, common genetic variants and risk of follicular lymphoma and contribute to future international pooled analyses via the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph).