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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Discov Med. 2016 Mar;21(115):181–188.

Table 1.

Single Nucleotide Variants, Tumor Mutations, and Epidemiological Factors by NHL Subtype. Each NHL subtype harbors a distinct collection of genetic abnormalities and host/environmental risk factors.

NHL
Subtype
Burkitt
Lymphoma
Diffuse Large B-cell
Lymphoma
Follicular
Lymphoma
Mantle Cell
Lymphoma
Marginal Zone
Lymphoma
Lymphoplasma-
cytic Lymphoma/
Waldenström’s
Key Single Nucleotide Variants NICL* 543 total identified
Newly identified: rs116446171
rs13255292
rs4733601
rs2523607
rs79480871 (Cerhan et al., 2014a; Morin et al., 2013)
rs3117222
rs9275517
rs4938573
rs5947462
rs6444305
rs17749561
rs13254990 (Skibola et al., 2014; 2012)
NICL* rs9461741
rs2922994 (Vijai et at., 2015)
Key Tumor Mutations** MYC (Love et al., 2012) CECR1, MYD88 (Love et al., 2012) CDKN2A/B (during tFL progression) (Pasqualucci et al., 2011) ATM, CCND1, TP53 (Zhang et al., 2014; Bea et al., 2013) BTNL2, NOTCH2 (SMZL) (Parry et al., 2013) L265P (Ansell et al., 2014; Poulain et at., 2013)
MYD88 (Ansell et al., 2014; Poulain et at., 2013)
Key Epidemiological Factors***
  • History of eczema alone without another atopic condition

  • Working as a cleaner

  • History of HCV (older patients)

  • Those in the 75th percentile of height or higher (Mbulaiteye et al., 2014)

Increased young adult BMI
  • History of B-cell activating autoimmune diseases

  • HCV seropositivity

  • Family history of NHL; higher young adult BMI

  • Higher recreational sun exposure

  • History of any atopic disorder

  • Higher SES

  • Working as a vegetable farm worker, seamstress or hairdresser (women)

  • Low adult BMI, hormone replacement therapy beginning before age 50, oral contraceptive use before 1970 (women)

  • Working as a handling equipment operator, lifetime alcohol consumption, previous blood transfusion (men) (Cerhan et al., 2014b)

  • History of Sjögren’s syndrome

  • Family history of NHL

  • Being over-weight as a young adult

  • Working as a spray painter

  • Cigarette smoking (females only) (Linet et al., 2014)

  • Family history of any hematological malignancy

  • History of living on a farm (Smedby et al., 2014)

  • History of:

  • Sjögren’s syndrome

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus

  • Peptic ulcers

  • First degree relative with a history of a hematological malignancy

  • HCV positivity

  • Decreased years since quitting smoking

  • Asthma without other atopic disorders

  • Working as a carpenter, painter or metal-worker

  • Hair dye use (among women) (Bracci et al., 2014)

  • History of Sjögren’s syndrome

  • Systemic lupus erthematosus

  • HCV infection

  • Familial history of any hematologic malignancy

  • Hay fever

  • Working as an MD

  • Length of time smoking cigarettes

  • High BMI as an adult (Vajdic et al., 2014)

Note:

*

not identified in current literature;

**

most common;

***

increases risk