# EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NONHODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA

> **NIH NIH R01** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 1988 · $162,450

## Abstract

A case-control study of newly diagnosed lymphomas, excluding Hodgkin's
disease, in the practice of selected physicians associated with hospitals
of the Harvard Medical School, Tufts University Medical Center, and Boston
University School of Medicine will be carried out.  Newly diagnosed cases
in the years 1984 to 1986 will be identified through two mechanisms, an
ongoing reporting system for cancer for a number of Harvard hospitals and a
special reporting system developed for a precursor study of cases diagnosed
in 1980 to 1982.  It is anticipated that somewhat more than 350 cases with
these diagnoses will be seen in these years and that approximately 300 will
satisfy eligibility requirements of histologic confirmation, date of
diagnosis in the specified years, and residence in eastern Massachusetts,
and will agree to cooperation in the study.  One matched control subject
will be chosen for each case, matched as to age, sex, and neighborhood of
residence, and selected through Massachusetts Town Books of residents of
the state, listed by street address.  Home interviews of cases and controls
will be done by trained interviewers, directed at eleven areas of study
with special interest in associations with common allergies, vaccinations,
and drugs used for treatment of allergies and other disturbances of immune
system.  These exposures have been implicated in lymphomas in a study of
new cases in 1980 to 1982 in this geographic area.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3176094
- **Project number:** 5R01CA038071-04
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **SAM.gov UEI:** JDLVAVGYJQ21
- **Principal Investigator:** BRIAN MACMAHON
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1988
- **Award amount:** $162,450
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1984-07-01 → 1989-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3176094

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3176094, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NONHODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA (5R01CA038071-04). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3176094. Licensed CC0.

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