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Evaluation of community-intervention trials via generalized linear mixed modelsYutaka Yasui
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, P O Box 19024, Seattle, Washington 98109 1024, USA
Biometrics 60:1043-52. 2004..This work is motivated by a series of large randomized trials that test community interventions for promoting cancer preventive lifestyles and behaviors...
Relative performance of different exposure modeling approaches for sulfur dioxide concentrations in the air in rural western CanadaIgor Burstyn
Community and Occupational Medicine Program, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:43. 2008..Month-long average air quality measurements were collected over a two-year period (2001-2002) at multiple locations, with some side-by-side measurements, and repeated time-series at selected locations...- Probe-specific mixed-model approach to detect copy number differences using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA)Juan R Gonzalez
Center for research in environmental epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Bioinformatics 9:261. 2008..This method establishes a threshold by using different tolerance intervals that accommodates the specific random error variability observed in each test sample... 
Improving gene set analysis of microarray data by SAM-GSIrina Dinu
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
BMC Bioinformatics 8:242. 2007..We describe here some critical problems with GSEA and propose an alternative method by extending the individual-gene analysis method, Significance Analysis of Microarray (SAM), to gene-set analyses (SAM-GS)...- Familial relative risk estimates for use in epidemiologic analysesYutaka Yasui
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 164:697-705. 2006.... - Polymorphisms in PTGS1 (=COX-1) and risk of colorectal polypsCornelia M Ulrich
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, M4 B402, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:889-93. 2004..These preliminary findings require confirmation in larger studies of colorectal neoplasia... - Moderators of the effects of exercise training in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a randomized controlled trialKerry S Courneya
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Cancer 112:1845-53. 2008..In this study, the authors examined personal and clinical factors that may predict exercise training responses... - Serum leptin concentrations and markers of immune function in overweight or obese postmenopausal womenJulie A Meyers
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Endocrinol 199:51-60. 2008..Our study does not support a link between leptin and other immune parameters among overweight or obese, but otherwise healthy postmenopausal women, perhaps because such effects are only present at low or deficient leptin concentrations... - Exercise effect on weight and body fat in men and womenAnne McTiernan
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, M4 B402, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1496-512. 2007..The effect of national exercise recommendations on adiposity is unknown and may differ by sex. We examined long-term effects of aerobic exercise on adiposity in women and men... - Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among Chinese American women in Seattle, WashingtonMatthew J Thompson
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 4696, USA
J Cancer Educ 17:222-6. 2002..Chinese Americans have higher rates of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, resulting in higher incidences of liver cancer, compared with the general population... - Effects of a moderate intensity exercise intervention on estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal womenCharlotte Atkinson
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P. O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:868-74. 2004..Thus, this 12-month moderate intensity exercise intervention did not significantly alter urinary excretion of 2-OH E(1), 16alpha-OH E(1), or their ratio in this population of women... - Six-month follow-up of patient-rated outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of exercise training during breast cancer chemotherapyKerry S Courneya
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2572-8. 2007..Few exercise trials in cancer patients have reported longer-term follow-up. Here, we report a 6-month follow-up of exercise behavior and patient-rated outcomes from an exercise trial in breast cancer patients... - Associations between reproductive and menstrual factors and postmenopausal sex hormone concentrationsJessica Chubak
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P.O. Box 19024, M4-B402, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1296-301. 2004.... - Participation in colorectal cancer screening among Chinese AmericansMei Po Yip
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104 2420, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 7:645-50. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe CRC screening among less acculturated Chinese Americans and to identify factors associated with CRC screening... - Health care access and sociodemographic factors associated with hepatitis B testing in Vietnamese American menJohn H Choe
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, 98104, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 8:193-201. 2006..Programs to reduce HBV transmission and sequelae should make special effort to target these vulnerable Vietnamese Americans... - UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and sulfotransferase polymorphisms, sex hormone concentrations, and tumor receptor status in breast cancer patientsRachel Sparks
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Breast Cancer Res 6:R488-98. 2004.... - Pediatric cancer survivorship research: experience of the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyWendy M Leisenring
Cancer Prevention and Clinical Statistics Programs, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:2319-27. 2009..Our goal in this article is to provide a resource and reference for other researchers working in the area of long-term cancer survivorship... - Effect of exercise on serum androgens in postmenopausal women: a 12-month randomized clinical trialAnne McTiernan
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1099-105. 2004..The association between exercise and breast cancer risk may be partly explained by the effects of exercise on these hormones... - Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among Cambodian AmericansVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 12:957-61. 2011..This health disparity can be attributed to high rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We examined HBV awareness, knowledge about HBV transmission, HBV testing levels, and HBV vaccination levels among Cambodian Americans... - Gene-set analysis and reductionIrina Dinu
PhD, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 13 106J Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G2G3, Canada
Brief Bioinform 10:24-34. 2009..Codes to implement SAM-GSR in the statistical package R can be downloaded from http://www.ualberta.ca/~yyasui/homepage.html... - Heart disease prevention among Chinese immigrantsVicky M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Community Health 32:299-310. 2007..These efforts should specifically aim to increase fruit/ vegetable consumption and regular physical activity. Future efforts to increase cholesterol testing should focus on recent immigrants... - Hepatitis B knowledge and testing among Vietnamese-American womenVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ethn Dis 15:761-7. 2005..Intervention strategies that target social networks might be effective in increasing testing levels. Physicians should be educated about the importance of testing Asian immigrants for HBV... - Evaluation of a hepatitis B lay health worker intervention for Chinese Americans and CanadiansVicky M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Community Health 34:165-72. 2009..Future research should evaluate other intervention approaches to improving hepatitis B testing rates among Chinese in North America... - A cross-border comparison of hepatitis B testing among chinese residing in Canada and the United StatesShin Ping Tu R
Dept of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 10:483-90. 2009..Studies from the U.S. and Canada demonstrate that immigrants, particularly from Asia, are disproportionately affected by liver cancer... - Correlates of hepatitis B testing among Chinese AmericansGloria D Coronado
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N M3 B232, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Community Health 32:379-90. 2007..002). Intervention programs to improve HBV testing rates in Chinese Americans should include strategies to improve knowledge about the risk of HBV and encourage effective communication with health care providers about HBV testing... - Smoking prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes among a population of Vietnamese American menNadine L Chan
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:S475-84. 2007..28-3.61). The findings suggest a great need to develop appropriate tobacco-control interventions to lower smoking prevalence, improve tobacco-related health knowledge, and reduce the acceptance of smoking among Vietnamese American men... - Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among Chinese immigrants to the United StatesVicky M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 7:313-7. 2006..Chronic carriage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common underlying cause of liver cancer among Chinese Americans. Our objective was to describe Chinese immigrants' hepatitis B knowledge, testing, and vaccination levels... - Effects of exercise on metabolic risk variables in overweight postmenopausal women: a randomized clinical trialLaura Lewis Frank
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Obes Res 13:615-25. 2005..These results are promising for health care providers providing advice to postmenopausal women for lifestyle changes to reduce risk of insulin resistance, coronary heart disease, and diabetes... - Moderate-intensity exercise reduces the incidence of colds among postmenopausal womenJessica Chubak
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle, Wash 98109-1024, USA
Am J Med 119:937-42. 2006..These findings are of public health relevance and add a new facet to the growing literature on the health benefits of moderate exercise... - Effects of an exercise intervention on other health behaviors in overweight/obese post-menopausal womenIsaac Rhew
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Program, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Seattle, WA, 98109 1024, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 28:472-81. 2007..If other behaviors do change with increasing physical activity, this would complicate interpretation of differences in study outcomes in exercise intervention trials... - Hepatitis B ESL education for Asian immigrantsVicky M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Community Health 36:35-41. 2011..Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of ESL curricula for other immigrant groups and other health topics, as well as other intervention approaches to increasing levels of HBV testing in Asian immigrant communities... - Effect of exercise on serum estrogens in postmenopausal women: a 12-month randomized clinical trialAnne McTiernan
Cancer Prevention Research Program, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer Res 64:2923-8. 2004..The association between increased physical activity and reduced risk for postmenopausal breast cancer may be partly explained by effects on serum estrogens... - Pap smear receipt among Vietnamese immigrants: the importance of health care factorsVictoria M Taylor
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
Ethn Health 14:575-89. 2009..Our objective was to provide information about Pap testing barriers and facilitators that could be used to develop cervical cancer control intervention programs for Vietnamese American women... - Alberta physical activity and breast cancer prevention trial: sex hormone changes in a year-long exercise intervention among postmenopausal womenChristine M Friedenreich
Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Clin Oncol 28:1458-66. 2010.... - Hepatitis B testing among Vietnamese American menVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P O Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 28:170-7. 2004..Health education about HBV transmission may stimulate patients to seek testing. Intervention programs should specifically target Vietnamese men without a regular source of health care and physicians who serve Vietnamese communities... - Inflammatory marker changes in a yearlong randomized exercise intervention trial among postmenopausal womenChristine M Friedenreich
Alberta Health Services, 1331 29 St NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 5:98-108. 2012..Further trials are needed to corroborate our findings about the optimal dose of exercise required to lower CRP levels and effect modification of CRP changes by levels of body fatness and fitness... - Comparative evaluation of gene-set analysis methodsQi Liu
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2G3, Canada
BMC Bioinformatics 8:431. 2007..subject sampling. The three methods were compared based on a simulation experiment and analyses of three real-world microarray datasets... - Heart disease prevention practices among immigrant Vietnamese womenGloria D Coronado
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:1293-300. 2008..Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the United States as well as in many countries around the world, including Vietnam... - No effect of exercise on insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 in postmenopausal women: a 12-month randomized clinical trialAnne McTiernan
Cancer Prevention Research Program, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, P.O. Box 19024, M4-B402, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1020-1. 2005 - Development of an ESL curriculum to educate Chinese immigrants about hepatitis BVictoria M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North M3 B232, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Community Health 33:217-24. 2008..Our quantitative and qualitative methods for curriculum development could be replicated for other health education topics and in other limited English speaking populations... - Prediction of second malignant neoplasm incidence in a large cohort of long-term survivors of childhood cancersIrina Dinu
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:1026-31. 2008..The ability to predict adverse-event occurrences accurately in long-term survivors of childhood cancer is of high importance in late effects research, both clinically and methodologically... - Associations between reproductive and menstrual factors and postmenopausal androgen concentrationsJessica Chubak
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 14:704-12. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Overall, this study does not support the hypothesis that reproductive or menstrual factors, with the exception of oophorectomy status, are associated with postmenopausal androgen concentrations... - Effect of a yearlong, moderate-intensity exercise intervention on the occurrence and severity of menopause symptoms in postmenopausal womenErin J Aiello
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Public Health Sciences, Cancer Prevention Research Program, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Menopause 11:382-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Exercise does not seem to decrease the risk of having menopause symptoms in overweight, postmenopausal women not taking hormone therapy and may increase the severity of some symptoms in a small number of women... - Cervical cancer screening among Chinese AmericansVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 26:139-45. 2002..Chinese women in North America have high rates of invasive cervical cancer and low levels of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing use. This study examined Pap testing barriers and facilitators among Chinese American women... - A data-analytic strategy for protein biomarker discovery: profiling of high-dimensional proteomic data for cancer detectionYutaka Yasui
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Biostatistics 4:449-63. 2003..We discuss practical issues associated with our proposed approach to the analysis of SELDI output and its application in cancer biomarker discovery... - Breast cancer risk counseling improves women's functioningDeborah J Bowen
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, MP 900, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Patient Educ Couns 53:79-86. 2004..Cancer worry decreased in both counseling groups by one scale point (P < 0.05). These results indicate that counseling can relieve women's negative reactions to breast cancer risk... - Associations between healthy eating patterns and immune function or inflammation in overweight or obese postmenopausal womenAlanna Boynton
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:1445-55. 2007..The link between poor nutritional status and impaired immune function is well established; however, most studies have focused on individual nutrients instead of overall dietary patterns... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer by histologic type (United States)Laura M Newcomer
Program in Epidemiology, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:225-33. 2003..Of particular interest is the association between combined hormone therapy and increased risk of lobular carcinoma. This lesion is increasingly common but, nonetheless, comprises fewer than 10% of invasive breast cancers... - Evaluation of a hepatitis B educational ESL curriculum for Chinese immigrantsVictoria M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, M3 B232, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Can J Public Health 100:463-6. 2009..We conducted a group-randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a hepatitis B ESL educational curriculum for Chinese immigrants... - Sources of health information among Vietnamese American menErica D Woodall
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109 1024, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 8:263-71. 2006..Research findings should be used to guide the development of health education interventions for Vietnamese men and subgroups within the Vietnamese male population... - Effect of exercise on bone mineral density and lean mass in postmenopausal womenJessica Chubak
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program, and University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1236-44. 2006.... - Timing of menarche among survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyEric J Chow
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:854-8. 2008..The objective of this study was to determine risk factors associated with abnormal timing of menarche among survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)... - Hepatitis B knowledge and practices among Chinese Canadian women in Vancouver, British ColumbiaMatthew J Thompson
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Can J Public Health 94:281-6. 2003..04), English fluency (p = 0.01), and level of knowledge about HBV (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Efforts to increase knowledge about HBV infection in this community should consider targeting less educated and less acculturated individuals... - Continuity of care and colorectal cancer screening by Vietnamese American patientsShin Ping Tu
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 11:1125-31. 2010..These variables have not previously been studied in Asian American and limited-English proficient populations... - Promoting culturally appropriate colorectal cancer screening through a health educator: a randomized controlled trialShin Ping Tu
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Cancer 107:959-66. 2006..Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality in the US. Surveys reveal low CRC screening levels among Asians in the US, including Chinese Americans... - Associations among circulating sex hormones, insulin-like growth factor, lipids, and mammographic density in postmenopausal womenErin J Aiello
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1411-7. 2005..This is not consistent with the hormone therapy literature and should be confirmed in larger studies... - Secondhand smoke in the home and Pap testing among Vietnamese American womenNadine L Chan
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 8:178-82. 2007..With nearly half of Vietnamese women in our study currently living with smokers, future studies should examine the relationship between secondhand smoke at home and other health behaviors in Vietnamese American households... - Pap testing among Vietnamese women: health care system and physician factorsVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
J Community Health 29:437-50. 2004..The availability of low cost screening services should be publicized in Vietnamese communities... - Serum lipoproteins in overweight/obese postmenopausal women: a one-year exercise trialManish Mohanka
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:231-9. 2006..CONCLUSION: It appears that a year long moderate-intensity exercise program alone does not significantly alter serum lipoprotein levels among overweight/obese postmenopausal women... - Mammography screening among Chinese-American womenShin Ping Tu
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Cancer 97:1293-302. 2003..Breast carcinoma is the most common major malignancy among several Asian-American populations. This study surveyed mammography screening knowledge and practices among Chinese-American women... - Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors among Chinese immigrants in SeattleJames D Ralston
Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Community Health 28:41-57. 2003..Culturally and linguistically appropriate educational interventions for cervical cancer risk factors should be developed, implemented and evaluated... - Decreased adult height in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyEric J Chow
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Pediatr 150:370-5, 375.e1. 2007..To determine risk factors associated with reduced adult height in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)... - No effect of exercise on colon mucosal prostaglandin concentrations: a 12-month randomized controlled trialPage E Abrahamson
Cancer Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2351-6. 2007..We hypothesized that an exercise intervention would decrease prostaglandin E(2) concentrations and increase prostaglandin F(2alpha) in colon biopsies compared with controls... - Partially supervised learning using an EM-boosting algorithmYutaka Yasui
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109 1024, USA
Biometrics 60:199-206. 2004..Notable improvements in misclassification rates are observed with EM-Boost... - Evaluation of a cervical cancer control intervention using lay health workers for Vietnamese American womenVictoria M Taylor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1924-9. 2010..We conducted a trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a cervical cancer control intervention for Vietnamese American women that used lay health workers... - Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase genotypes and risk of acute graft-versus-host disease following hematopoietic cell transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemiaKim Robien
Cancer Prevention Program, Public Health Division, University of Washington Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 12:973-80. 2006..A direct trade-off between drug toxicity and drug efficacy may play a role. Alternatively, the systemic folate environment, regulated by host tissues, might influence donor T-cell growth and activity... - Knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, traditional health beliefs, and Pap testing among Vietnamese American womenH Hoai Do
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, PO Box 19024, M3 B232, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 9:109-14. 2007..The objective of this paper was to examine knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and traditional health beliefs in relation to Papanicolaou (Pap) testing among Vietnamese women... - Randomized controlled trial of the effects of print materials and step pedometers on physical activity and quality of life in breast cancer survivorsJeffrey K H Vallance
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, and Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Clin Oncol 25:2352-9. 2007..To determine the effects of breast cancer-specific print materials and step pedometers on physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) in breast cancer survivors... - Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: a multicenter randomized controlled trialKerry S Courneya
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Clin Oncol 25:4396-404. 2007..We evaluated the relative merits of aerobic and resistance exercise in blunting these effects... - Mailing strategies and recruitment into an intervention trial of the exercise effect on breast cancer biomarkersShelley S Tworoger
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:73-7. 2002..Our study indicates that bulk mail may be more cost-effective than first-class mail for recruitment into intervention trials and that older women are willing to participate in such studies... - All-cause and HIV-related mortality rates among HIV-infected patients after initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy: the impact of Aboriginal ethnicity and injection drug useLeah J Martin
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Can J Public Health 102:90-6. 2011..Therefore, we compared mortality rates between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal HIV patients and between IDU and non-IDU HIV patients after they initiated HAART... - Linear combination test for hierarchical gene set analysisXiaoming Wang
University of Alberta
Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol 10:Article 13. 2011.... - Adiposity and sex hormones in postmenopausal breast cancer survivorsAnne McTiernan
Cancer Prevention Research Program, MP 900, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:1961-6. 2003..This study examined the association between adiposity and concentrations of estrogens, androgens, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in a population-based sample of postmenopausal women with breast cancer... - Effects of risk counseling on interest in breast cancer genetic testing for lower risk womenDeborah J Bowen
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
Genet Med 4:359-65. 2002..CONCLUSION: These results indicate that counseling can change interest in genetic testing only slightly and that changing women's beliefs about the properties of testing might be one mechanism of doing so... - Long-term fruit and vegetable change in worksites: Seattle 5 a Day follow-upShirley A A Beresford
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7236, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:707-20. 2010..To evaluate long-term change in fruit and vegetable intake following a group randomized trial of worksites... - Awareness and concern about ovarian cancer among women at risk because of a family history of breast or ovarian cancerM Robyn Andersen
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:S42-7. 2003..Almost 75% have not heard much about their risk for ovarian cancer. More than 90% failed to use 1 or another of 2 possible tests used for ovarian cancer screening regularly... - A randomized controlled trial of interventions to promote cervical cancer screening among Chinese women in North AmericaVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:670-7. 2002..We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two alternative cervical cancer screening interventions for Chinese women living in North America... - Genetic assessment of breast cancer risk in primary care practiceWylie Burke
Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7120, USA
Am J Med Genet A 149:349-56. 2009..Educational efforts may be most successful when they emphasize the value of genetic counseling for individuals at risk for inherited cancer and the connection between genetic risk and specific prevention measures... - Optimism, perceived risk of breast cancer, and cancer worry among a community-based sample of womenBonnie A McGregor
Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Health Psychol 23:339-44. 2004..Multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived risk partially mediated the relationship between optimism and cancer worry... - Analytical validation of serum proteomic profiling for diagnosis of prostate cancer: sources of sample biasDale McLerran
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin Chem 54:44-52. 2008..Details of this 3-stage process have been described. This report describes the development of the algorithm and results of the blinded test for stage 1... - Reliability, effect size, and responsiveness of health status measures in the design of randomized and cluster-randomized trialsPaula Diehr
Department of Biostatistics University of Washington, Box 357232, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 26:45-58. 2005..Studies using better instruments can be performed with smaller sample sizes, but better instruments may be more expensive in terms of dollars, opportunity cost, or poorer data quality due to the response burden of longer instruments... - Effect of a 12-month exercise intervention on patterns of cellular proliferation in colonic crypts: a randomized controlled trialAnne McTiernan
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M4 B402, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1588-97. 2006..A hypothesized mechanism for exercise-induced colon cancer risk reduction might be through alterations in colon crypt cell architecture and proliferation... - Statistical considerations in combining biomarkers for disease classificationZiding Feng
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
Dis Markers 20:45-51. 2004 - Estimation of relative risk and prevalence ratioAnamaria Savu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, 3 12 University Terrace, Edmonton, AB T6G2T4, Canada
Stat Med 29:2269-81. 2010..We demonstrate a lack of robustness of the COPY method against misspecification of the true relationship between binary outcome and explanatory variables, and show robustness of the IPTW approach in this regard... - An alternate method of radiofrequency neurotomy of the sacroiliac joint: a pilot study of the effect on pain, function, and satisfactionRobert S Burnham
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Reg Anesth Pain Med 32:12-9. 2007.... - Frequent intentional weight loss is associated with lower natural killer cell cytotoxicity in postmenopausal women: possible long-term immune effectsErin D Shade
University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:903-12. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence that frequent intentional weight loss may have long-term effects on immune function... - Breast cancer and microbial cancer incidence in female populations around the world: a surprising hyperbolic associationAnamaria Savu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, 13 106 Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Int J Cancer 123:1094-9. 2008.... - Pap testing adherence among Vietnamese American womenVictoria M Taylor
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:613-9. 2004..Previous research has demonstrated low levels of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing among Vietnamese. Our study objective was to examine factors associated with interval Pap testing adherence... - New primary neoplasms of the central nervous system in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyJoseph P Neglia
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:1528-37. 2006..However, the details of the dose-response relationships, the expression of excess risk over time, and the modifying effects of other host and treatment factors have not been well defined... - Health care of young adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyKevin C Oeffinger
Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex 75390 9067, USA
Ann Fam Med 2:61-70. 2004..We wanted to determine the type of outpatient medical care reported by young adult survivors of childhood cancer and to examine factors associated with limited medical care... - Information women receive about heart attacks and how it affects their knowledge, beliefs, and intentions to act in a cardiac emergencyHendrika Meischke
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Health Care Women Int 23:149-62. 2002..The results are discussed in terms of their pragmatic implications... - The effect of CYP19 and COMT polymorphisms on exercise-induced fat loss in postmenopausal womenShelley S Tworoger
Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obes Res 12:972-81. 2004..These genes metabolize estrogens and androgens, which are important in body fat regulation... - Cancer preventive screening: a cross-border comparison of United States and Canadian Chinese womenShin Ping Tu
University of Washington, USA
Prev Med 41:36-46. 2005..To compare screening mammography and Pap testing among Chinese women in Seattle, Washington to Vancouver, and British Columbia... - Breast cancer screening: stages of adoption among Cambodian American womenShin Ping Tu
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
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Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Cancer 97:2554-64. 2003..The authors described psychosocial outcomes (education, employment, health insurance, and marriage) for survivors of pediatric lower extremity bone tumors... - Specimen allocation in longitudinal biomarker studies: controlling subject-specific effects by designShelley S Tworoger
Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:1257-60. 2004..These results suggest that bias can be artificially introduced into intervention effect estimates of longitudinal studies if samples from a subject are not assayed in the same batch... - Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trialMelinda L Irwin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
JAMA 289:323-30. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Regular exercise such as brisk walking results in reduced body weight and body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women... - Premature menopause in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor studyCharles A Sklar
Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:890-6. 2006..However, published data pertaining to the risk and frequency of premature menopause are limited... - Long-term outcomes of adult survivors of childhood cancerLeslie L Robison
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School and Cancer Center, Minneapolis, USA
Cancer 104:2557-64. 2005..The ongoing evaluation of large and diverse cohorts of cancer survivors will aid in further identifying individuals who should be the target of innovative intervention strategies... - Influence of demographic, physiologic, and psychosocial variables on adherence to a yearlong moderate-intensity exercise trial in postmenopausal womenMelinda L Irwin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Prev Med 39:1080-6. 2004..We examined the patterns of adherence to a yearlong exercise intervention and the influence of demographic, physiologic, and psychosocial variables on patterns of adherence among 173 sedentary, overweight, postmenopausal women... - Breast cancer after childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyLisa B Kenney
Children s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Intern Med 141:590-7. 2004..Survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for secondary breast cancer. Other than previous chest radiation therapy, risk factors for secondary breast cancer have not been established...