IMJ: Families with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell dyscrasias in their pedigrees

SAGE Clinical Medicine & Research

Don’t forget to take a good medical family history of your patients ! Drs Janice Dutcher and Peter Wiernik from the Cancer Research Center of New York discuss their latest work published in the January issue of JIM: Families with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell dyscrasias in their pedigrees . A genetic contribution of cancer passed down family generations has been well described. However, the association among common B cell malignancies such as Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is less well understood. In this addition of the JIM podcast, we discuss with Drs. Dutcher and Wiernik, their findings on the importance of family history and the phenomenon of generational anticipation in well characterized patient families with Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.