This research study evaluates the characteristics and genetics of patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM) and their blood relatives. This study will help us better understand cases of WM that seem to occur within certain families versus those that do not, as well as help to further uncover what inherited genetic traits are responsible for putting individuals at risk for causing WM.

For more information about this study, please contact Christina Hanzis.

For papers and publications related to the family study, please refer to the links below:

Characterization of Familial Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (Annals of Oncology 17: 488-494, 2006 doi:10.1093/annonc/mdj111)

Genome Wide Association Studies Reveal a Homozygous Loss of the Glutathione S-Transferase Gene GSTM1 in the Familial Mixed B-cell Presentation of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (Abstract)


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