Vitamin D Insufficiency and Follicular Lymphoma Prognosis
Vitamin D Insufficiency and Follicular Lymphoma Prognosis
RATIONALE: Studying samples of serum from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more biomarkers related to cancer. It may also help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment.
PURPOSE: This research study is studying vitamin D insufficiency in determining prognosis in patients with newly diagnosed follicular lymphoma.
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OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Pre-treatment serum samples are analyzed for 25(OH)D levels to determine vitamin D sufficiency or insufficiency.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: