Is the rs10484561 SNP responsible for differences in age at diagnosis, transformation and death of patients with follicular lymphoma?

SUMMARY Aim: To analyze follicular lymphoma (FL) patients by determining the genotype at SNP rs10484561 (T or G) and comparing the polymorphism with overall survival, time to transformation, time from transformation to death, and age both dependently and independently of gender. Materials & methods: A total of 94 patients with FL diagnosed between 1970 and 2000 from a Swedish population were analyzed by PCR–restriction fragment length polymorphism to determine genotypes for rs10484561. Results: We found that women with FL and the TT genotype of SNP rs10484561 were older at diagnosis, transformation and when they died (p = 0.03, 0.01 and 0.02, respectively) and had a significantly shorter overall survival (p = 0.04) compared with women with the TG or GG genotypes. Conclusion: It is possible that the SNP rs10484561 polymorphism is responsible for differences in age at diagnosis, transformation and death for patients with follicular lymphoma, particularly in women.