Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Cancer Epidemiology"

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    • The Aromatase Gene (CYP19A1) Variants and Circulating Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Postmenopausal Women 

      Lin, Jennifer H.; Gunter, Marc J.; Manson, JoAnn Elisabeth; Rexrode, Kathryn Marian; Cook, Nancy Romanowicz; Kraft, Peter; Cochrane, Barbara B.; Chlebowski, Rowan T.; Ho, Gloria Y. F.; Zhang, Shumin (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Estrogen and androgen have been linked to the regulation of circulating hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), an adipose tissue-derived cytokine. It is possible that the CYP19A1 gene which alters sex hormones production ...

    • Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40–59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies 

      Kitahara, Cari M.; Flint, Alan J.; Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy; Bernstein, Leslie; Brotzman, Michelle; MacInnis, Robert J.; Moore, Steven C.; Robien, Kim; Rosenberg, Philip S.; Singh, Pramil N.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Adami, Hans Olov; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Ballard-Barbash, Rachel; Buring, Julie E.; Freedman, D. Michal; Fraser, Gary E.; Beane Freeman, Laura E.; Gapstur, Susan M.; Gaziano, John Michael; Giles, Graham G.; Håkansson, Niclas; Hoppin, Jane A.; Hu, Frank B.; Koenig, Karen; Linet, Martha S.; Park, Yikyung; Patel, Alpa V.; Purdue, Mark P.; Schairer, Catherine; Sesso, Howard D.; Visvanathan, Kala; White, Emily; Wolk, Alicja; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Hartge, Patricia (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥40 kg/m2) has increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of adults in the US, with uncertain impact on the risks of illness ...

    • Association between Cutaneous Nevi and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study 

      Zhang, Mingfeng; Zhang, Xuehong; Qureshi, Abrar A.; Eliassen, A. Heather; Hankinson, Susan E.; Han, Jiali (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Cutaneous nevi are suggested to be hormone-related. We hypothesized that the number of cutaneous nevi might be a phenotypic marker of plasma hormone levels and predict subsequent breast cancer risk. Methods and ...

    • Association between XPF Polymorphisms and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis 

      Shi, Ting-Yan; He, Jing; Qiu, Li-Xin; Zhu, Mei-Ling; Wang, Meng-Yun; Zhou, Xiao-Yan; Han, Jiali; Yu, Hongpin; Zang, Rong-Yu; Wei, Qingyi (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group F (XPF or ERCC4) plays a key role in DNA repair that protects against genetic instability and carcinogenesis. A series of epidemiological studies have examined ...

    • Blood Donation and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Men 

      Zhang, Xuehong; Ma, Jing; Wu, Kana; Chan, Andrew Tan; Fuchs, Charles Stewart; Giovannucci, Edward L. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Although blood donations may reduce body iron stores, to date, prospective data on frequent blood donation and colorectal cancer risk are limited. Methodology/Principal Findings: We tested whether frequent ...

    • Consumption of Fish Products across the Lifespan and Prostate Cancer Risk 

      Torfadottir, Johanna E.; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Mucci, Lorelei Ann; Kasperzyk, Julie L.; Fall, Katja; Tryggvadottir, Laufey; Aspelund, Thor; Olafsson, Orn; Harris, Tamara B.; Jonsson, Eirikur; Tulinius, Hrafn; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Adami, Hans-Olov; Stampfer, Meir; Steingrimsdottir, Laufey (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Objective: To examine whether fish and fish oil consumption across the lifespan is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer. Design: The study was nested among 2268 men aged 67–96 years in the AGES-Reykjavik cohort ...

    • Contribution of H. pylori and Smoking Trends to US Incidence of Intestinal-Type Noncardia Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Microsimulation Model 

      Yeh, Jennifer M; Hur, Chin; Schrag, Deborah; Kuntz, Karen M.; Ezzati, Majid; Stout, Natasha K; Ward, Zachary Jonathan; Goldie, Sue J. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Although gastric cancer has declined dramatically in the US, the disease remains the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. A better understanding of reasons for the decline can provide important ...

    • Exome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer in a Multiethnic Population 

      Chen, Maxine M.; Crous-Bou, Marta; Setiawan, Veronica W.; Prescott, Jennifer; Olson, Sara H.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Black, Amanda; Brinton, Louise; Chen, Chu; Chen, Constance; Cook, Linda S.; Doherty, Jennifer; Friedenreich, Christine M.; Hankinson, Susan E.; Hartge, Patricia; Henderson, Brian E.; Hunter, David J.; Le Marchand, Loic; Liang, Xiaolin; Lissowska, Jolanta; Lu, Lingeng; Orlow, Irene; Petruzella, Stacey; Polidoro, Silvia; Pooler, Loreall; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Risch, Harvey; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Schumacher, Frederick; Sheng, Xin; Shu, Xiao-ou; Weiss, Noel S.; Xia, Lucy; Van Den Berg, David; Yang, Hannah P.; Yu, Herbert; Chanock, Stephen; Haiman, Christopher; Kraft, Peter; De Vivo, Immaculata (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Endometrial cancer (EC) contributes substantially to total burden of cancer morbidity and mortality in the United States. Family history is a known risk factor for EC, thus genetic factors may play a role in EC pathogenesis. ...

    • Genetic Predisposition to Higher Body Mass Index or Type 2 Diabetes and Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Nurses' Health Study 

      Du, Mengmeng; Prescott, Jennifer; Cornelis, Marilyn; Hankinson, Susan Elizabeth; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Kraft, Phillip L.; De Vivo, Immaculata (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Although cross-sectional studies have linked higher body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) to shortened telomeres, whether these metabolic conditions play a causal role in telomere biology is unknown. ...

    • Genetic Variation in DNA Repair Pathways and Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 

      Rendleman, Justin; Antipin, Yevgeniy; Reva, Boris; Adaniel, Christina; Przybylo, Jennifer A.; Dutra-Clarke, Ana; Hansen, Nichole; Heguy, Adriana; Huberman, Kety; Borsu, Laetitia; Paltiel, Ora; Ben-Yehuda, Dina; Brown, Jennifer R.; Freedman, Arnold S.; Sander, Chris; Zelenetz, Andrew; Klein, Robert J.; Shao, Yongzhao; Lacher, Mortimer; Vijai, Joseph; Offit, Kenneth; Kirchhoff, Tomas (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Molecular and genetic evidence suggests that DNA repair pathways may contribute to lymphoma susceptibility. Several studies have examined the association of DNA repair genes with lymphoma risk, but the findings from these ...

    • Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Estradiol, Testosterone, and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Postmenopausal Women 

      Prescott, Jennifer; Thompson, Deborah J.; Kraft, Peter; Chanock, Stephen J.; Audley, Tina; Brown, Judith; Leyland, Jean; Folkerd, Elizabeth; Doody, Deborah; Hankinson, Susan Elizabeth; Hunter, David J.; Jacobs, Kevin B.; Dowsett, Mitch; Cox, David G.; Easton, Douglas F.; De Vivo, Immaculata (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified common genetic variants that contribute to breast cancer risk. Discovering additional variants has become difficult, as power to detect variants of weaker ...

    • Genome-Wide Search for Gene-Gene Interactions in Colorectal Cancer 

      Jiao, Shuo; Hsu, Li; Berndt, Sonja; Bézieau, Stéphane; Brenner, Hermann; Buchanan, Daniel; Caan, Bette J.; Campbell, Peter T.; Carlson, Christopher S.; Casey, Graham; Chan, Andrew Tan; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen; Conti, David V.; Curtis, Keith R.; Duggan, David; Gallinger, Steven; Gruber, Stephen B.; Harrison, Tabitha A.; Hayes, Richard B.; Henderson, Brian E.; Hoffmeister, Michael; Hopper, John L.; Hudson, Thomas J.; Hutter, Carolyn M.; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Jenkins, Mark A.; Kantor, Elizabeth D.; Kolonel, Laurence N.; Küry, Sébastien; Le Marchand, Loic; Lemire, Mathieu; Newcomb, Polly A.; Potter, John D.; Qu, Conghui; Rosse, Stephanie A.; Schoen, Robert E.; Schumacher, Fred R.; Seminara, Daniela; Slattery, Martha L.; Ulrich, Cornelia M.; Zanke, Brent W.; Peters, Ulrike (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified a number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. However, these susceptibility loci known today explain ...

    • A Genome-Wide “Pleiotropy Scan” Does Not Identify New Susceptibility Loci for Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer 

      Campa, Daniele; Barrdahl, Myrto; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Severi, Gianluca; Diver, W. Ryan; Siddiq, Afshan; Chanock, Stephen; Hoover, Robert N.; Ziegler, Regina G.; Berg, Christine D.; Buys, Saundra S.; Haiman, Christopher A.; Henderson, Brian E.; Schumacher, Fredrick R.; Le Marchand, Loïc; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Lindström, Sara; Hunter, David J.; Hankinson, Susan E.; Willett, Walter C.; Kraft, Peter; Cox, David G.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Tjønneland, Anne; Dossus, Laure; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Panico, Salvatore; van Gils, Carla H.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Barricarte, Aurelio; Sund, Malin; Gaudet, Mia M.; Giles, Graham; Southey, Melissa; Baglietto, Laura; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Kaaks, Rudolf; Canzian, Federico (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Approximately 15–30% of all breast cancer tumors are estrogen receptor negative (ER−). Compared with ER-positive (ER+) disease they have an earlier age at onset and worse prognosis. Despite the vast number of risk variants ...

    • Joint Effects of Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility Loci, Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Colorectal Cancer 

      Hiraki, Linda T.; Joshi, Amit D.; Ng, Kimmie; Fuchs, Charles S.; Ma, Jing; Hazra, Aditi; Peters, Ulrike; Karlson, Elizabeth W.; Giovannucci, Edward; Kraft, Peter; Chan, Andrew T. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several SNPs associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) susceptibility. Vitamin D is also inversely associated with CRC risk. Methods: We examined main and ...

    • Low Incidence of Chest Wall Pain with a Risk-Adapted Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Approach Using Three or Five Fractions Based on Chest Wall Dosimetry 

      Coroller, Thibaud P.; Mak, Raymond H.; Lewis, John H.; Baldini, Elizabeth H.; Chen, Aileen B.; Colson, Yolonda L.; Hacker, Fred L.; Hermann, Gretchen; Kozono, David; Mannarino, Edward; Molodowitch, Christina; Wee, Jon O.; Sher, David J.; Killoran, Joseph H. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Purpose To examine the frequency and potential of dose-volume predictors for chest wall (CW) toxicity (pain and/or rib fracture) for patients receiving lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) using treatment planning ...

    • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Use of Colonoscopy in an Insured Population – A Retrospective Cohort Study 

      Doubeni, Chyke A.; Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D.; Fouayzi, Hassan; Robinson, Scott B.; Gunter, Margaret J.; Field, Terry S.; Roblin, Douglas W.; Fletcher, Robert H. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Low-socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a higher colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. Screening with colonoscopy, the most commonly used test in the US, has been shown to reduce the risk ...

    • Nutrient Patterns and Their Food Sources in an International Study Setting: Report from the EPIC Study 

      Moskal, Aurelie; Pisa, Pedro T.; Ferrari, Pietro; Byrnes, Graham; Freisling, Heinz; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Cadeau, Claire; Nailler, Laura; Wendt, Andrea; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Buijsse, Brian; Tjønneland, Anne; Halkjær, Jytte; Dahm, Christina C.; Chiuve, Stephanie E.; Quirós, Jose R.; Buckland, Genevieve; Molina-Montes, Esther; Amiano, Pilar; Huerta Castaño, José M.; Gurrea, Aurelio Barricarte; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Lentjes, Marleen A.; Key, Timothy J.; Romaguera, Dora; Vergnaud, Anne-Claire; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bamia, Christina; Orfanos, Philippos; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; de Magistris, Maria Santucci; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Ocké, Marga C.; Beulens, Joline W. J.; Ericson, Ulrika; Drake, Isabel; Nilsson, Lena M.; Winkvist, Anna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Hjartåker, Anette; Riboli, Elio; Slimani, Nadia (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Compared to food patterns, nutrient patterns have been rarely used particularly at international level. We studied, in the context of a multi-center study with heterogeneous data, the methodological challenges ...

    • Pre-Diagnostic Leukocyte Genomic DNA Methylation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Women 

      Nan, Hongmei; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Wu, Kana; Selhub, Jacob; Paul, Ligi; Rosner, Bernard Alfred; Fuchs, Charles Stewart; Cho, Eunyoung (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Abnormal one-carbon metabolism may lead to general genomic (global) hypomethylation, which may predispose an individual to the development of colorectal neoplasia. Methods: We evaluated the association between ...

    • Predicting the Severity and Prognosis of Trismus after Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Oral Cancer Patients by Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

      Hsieh, Li-Chun; Chen, John W.; Wang, Li-Ying; Tsang, Yuk-Ming; Shueng, Pei-Wei; Liao, Li-Jen; Lo, Wu-Chia; Lin, Yu-Chin; Tseng, Chien-Fu; Kuo, Ying-Shiung; Jhuang, Jie-Yang; Tien, Hui-Ju; Juan, Hsueh-Fen; Hsieh, Chen-Hsi (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      To develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicators to predict trismus outcome for post-operative oral cavity cancer patients who received adjuvant intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 22 patients with oral ...

    • Risk of a Second Primary Cancer after Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in White Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study 

      Song, Fengju; Qureshi, Abrar A.; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Fuchs, Charles Stewart; Chen, Wendy Yvonne; Stampfer, Meir; Han, Jiali (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Previous studies suggest a positive association between history of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and risk of subsequent cancer at other sites. The purpose of this study is to prospectively examine the risk ...