Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a Cohort of Vietnam Veterans.

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    • Subject Terms:
      LYMPHOMAS; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL granulomas; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE disorders; VIETNAM veterans; ARMED Forces; HODGKIN'S disease; HOSPITAL records; CLINICAL medicine -- Hospital reports; MEDICAL records
    • Abstract:
      We examined the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in a cohort of 18,313 United States Army veterans from the Vietnam era. Diagnoses were confirmed through a review of hospital records. Among veterans who had died after discharge or who had participated in a telephone interview (8,170 Vietnam veterans and 7,564 non-Vietnam veterans), seven Vietnam veterans and one non-Vietnam veteran had developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (p = 0.07). As none of the NHL cases had military job titles which suggest that they were occupationally exposed to herbicides while in Vietnam, the reasons for the excess are unclear. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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