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Vlaanderen et al. for certain biases. We observed no association between benzene and HL. The discussion on the association between benzene and NHL will likely benefit from NHL subtype–specific analyses. Unfortunately, most current occupational cohort studies lack sufficient statistical power to perform such detailed analyses. Cohort studies with central pathology review and well-designed case– control studies using state-of-the-art retrospective exposure assessment methods will be needed to help evaluate the extent to which occupational benzene exposure is associated with specific subtypes of NHL. Finally, our overall findings, taken together with the substantial experimental and molecular epidemiologic evidence that benzene exposure alters key components of the immune system relevant for lymphomagenesis (e.g., CD4 + T-cell level and CD4 + T-cell:CD8 + T-cell ratio) (Lan et al. 2004), provide support that benzene is likely to be causally related to one or more subtypes of lymphoma. 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